Editing Bootstrapping a Wii-Linux Distro (section)

== 2. Making sure that it boots correctly on the Wii ==
It's possible that the distro might not support Linux 4.5 correctly.  If this is the case, and the things that are not supported are critical, then you may need to fall back to step 1, and rebuild those critical portions against older Linux headers.

It's also possible (modern versions of Debian are good examples of this) that the distro may need more than 88MB of RAM in order to boot.  If this is the case, you'll need to mod the loader to enable swap before booting that distro.

It's also possible that the distro might not support PPC750, and requires PPC7400/"G4" or higher.  If that's the case, you will need to rebuild the distro for PPC750 or under.  

Assuming that none of those are an issue, it probably boots up mostly unscathed.  Now, there's a few more things you'll want to check and/or fix:
* Are the kernel modules working?
** Do necessary ones load automatically?  If not, you may need to force some on startup.  '''b43''' is particular problematic for this.
* Is networking working properly?
** Does the distro have any network management out of the box?  If so, you'll want to add some.
** Does the Wi-Fi card function properly?
*** If not, make sure that you added the '''openfwwf''' firmware.
*** Also, make sure that the '''b43''' kernel module is loading, it sometimes doesn't by default.

If you've gotten all of these essentials working, you're ready to move onto step 3.