On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 02:24:52PM +0300, Brian Butterworth wrote: > Thanks you for your kind help. > > I'm OK for booting off other devices (I have got DOS running OK on my > camera's flash card) , but I tried to install this image: > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=215613 > > And it's too big, as I have one of the original devices with just 2Gb of > storage. That's what brought on Error 17. I can get rid of it and get > 'missing operating system' instead :-D > > The only place with the 2Gb image is the CD, which is locked in a storage > container in Brighton, 2,000 miles away, the key to which is in a box under > a bed in Belgium! > > I've got the "701" CD image from the torrents, but it is too big, I need the > 700 image. I have tried XP, but I can't format the drive to NTFS as I don't > have a CD drive, so I get a BSOD. > > Just got a "support email" from Asus: > > 'Dear Brian, > > You can restore Linux by pushing F9 repeatedly and firmly as soon as the > unit begins to boot up. Keep > pushing it beyond the Asus logo and you will get the option to restore to > factory settings.
Might, might not. Have you messed with the filesystems? If so then it might not work otherwise it should as I think it just reformats the second partition in the unionfs. Which means data-loss if you have any data files stored there. -- Andy Leighton => [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials" - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/