Hi Arif, Arif Driessen said : > Hi guys. > > I've been trying to avoid the mailing list with my noob banter email for a few > days now. I know you don't want to spend your time helping out with requests > the like of mine. However, I just can't for the life of me get Pure:dyne to > boot (let alone install). > > I have an Asus eeepc (701), so it's not very highly spec'd... I need to > squeeze > all the juice out of it that I can. > > It came pre-installed with a light version of Windows. I'm not to bothered > about loosing it. But it would be sweet to dual boot for a while. > > I can't make a live usb, since there's no instructions for doing so on Mac > OSX. > I've tried formatting in all sorts of ways, using 'dd' in the terminal, > copying > it straight over. e.t.c. but nothing worked. If I hold escape on the eeepc > during startup, it will allow me to select which device or operating system to > load up. So I don't believe i need to install a bootloader. And selecting the > USB stick always results in a blank screen.
making the key on OSX is a pain because the system is not leting go of the device. I found a way with Heather last time we were maing keys but I forgot .... Maybe she remembers ... (no OSX here to test...) > In the documentation for Dual Booting with Windows (which looks really easy), > is written: > > • Open the CD or DVD drive and copy the "live" folder at the root of your > C:\ > drive. > • leave the liveCD or liveDVD and reboot. > > But in the first bullet point "at the root of your C:\ drive." Do you mean "to > the root of your C:\ drive."? (which I have done, but still nothing) yes, "to the root of your C:\ drive." > And in the second, by leave, do you mean eject, or just leave it (alone) in > the > CD/DVD drive? leave it alone in the drive. > I don't have a way of 'leaving' the CD/DVD since I don't have a drive, but I > have a USB stick, but copying it straight over certainly doesn't work. > > // > > In the Debian documentation, by 'dd'ing the 17 meg debian img to a usb stick > and running it from windows, I managed to make a debian network installer, no > problem. I just can't download debian as I don't have a proper internet > connection to do it from. > > // If you can dd a Debian installer, you should be able to dd the puredyne image key the same way. > also, What is the difference between the CD version and the DVD version of > Pure:dyne DVD = more space = more software At the moment the key image has the same content of the DVD. > also, also, I've heard about a realtime debian kernel being great for low > latency audio. does puredyne use this kernal? yes. > Thanks so much, for reading my lengthy noob email! :) no problem :) a. --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
