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_
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