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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - Hardware / Software - So, how long till somebody biulds a Linux distro for Wii? |
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stardust4ever Bronto Burt                 Since: 10-27-06 From: Northern LA Last post: 6377 days Last view: 6334 days |
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| Just thought about this: There could be two, maybe three methods.
The simplist and safest woud be to create a boot disc that contains all nessesary software and drivers (usb support for keyboard, mouse, usbhdd, ethernet, universal controllers, plus biult-in support for wifi, internet, SD storage for files, downloads, roms, etc) - just boot disc and it loads the OS into the RAM! Reset the console, and your files and stuff saved to the SD card are still intact, and the complete Wii functionality remains uncompromised. The second method, albeit less safe, provided that booting from Wii-Linux disc either don't work or doesn't provide root access, would be to utilise a back-door entry method such as a boot-loader on the main SD memory, with a simple menu choice of whether to load the Wii OS or boot into Linux. This could have some negative implications, though, as it would be invisible neither to Wii OS or Nintendo Corp, and could possibly result in a ban (remember what happened when they tried it with Xbox?), or future updates could possibly render one or both OS corrupt. The third, and most riskiest, borderline-illegal, automatic-void-your-warranty method would involve a complete modchip and lead to disaster if the user did not know what they were doing (stuff like not knowing how to use a soldering iron)... Not recommended. It is only a matter of time, so how long you think it will take  (edited by stardust4ever on 11-07-06 12:13 AM) |
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace...      Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6307 days Last view: 6307 days |
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| Not too long time. There's already one for the gamecube after all. I think you pretty much only need to port it and figure how to get around any protection. Which usually don't take too much time.
Question is if there is any point to it.  |
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos  Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6307 days Last view: 6307 days |
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| You could always use GameCube Linux on the Wii (but the GameCube has limited RAM, so a graphical system isn't even plausible on it), through obvious means (the softmod hack with a memory card->SD adapter and ActionReplay will probably still work).
Though for native Wii support... I'd put it at most in a couple of years. |
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stardust4ever Bronto Burt Since: 10-27-06 From: Northern LA Last post: 6377 days Last view: 6334 days |
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Well, apparently, there are some people already working on it
http://www.wii-linux.com/ BTW, I just found that link a few minutes ago; it's not like I knew beforehand, LOL! |
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6307 days Last view: 6307 days |
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| It's a parked site, they aren't working on it yet. | |||
NintendoFB Coney Since: 11-02-06 From: Florida, US Last post: 6369 days Last view: 6369 days |
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| Here's another one. I found it through 4 Color Rebellion |
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