Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 18/04/2008, Fearghas McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 18 Apr 2008, at 20:51, Christopher Woods wrote: > > > > I know this may or may not help, but will it not boot from an external > > source if you hook up USB CD/DVD drive? > > > > It will but probably it is easier for him to ask an Of

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
Chris, Booting isn't the problem, it is not having the image of the machine's software that is the problem. I can boot DOS off my camera's Flash drive. I can almost install Windows, but I didn't think to bring my collection of MSDN CDs with me on holiday. That'll teach me. On 18/04/2008, Christ

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
Hi Richard, just thinking yesterday that I hadn't heard from you on backstage in ages. On 19/04/2008, Richard Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, a toy computer for £229. Actually it was £199 with delivery. Small attractive black brick, just Error 17, desperately seeking an > > instal

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Richard Lockwood
OK, a toy computer for £229. Small attractive black brick, just Error 17, desperately seeking an > installer CD. Need only .GZ. GSOH. > I just bought a 2.2GHz Dual core, 3 Gig RAM, 1Tb hard drive desktop PC for (inc VAT and delivery) for three and a half hundred quid. That included a £100 graph

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Fearghas McKay
On 18 Apr 2008, at 20:51, Christopher Woods wrote: I know this may or may not help, but will it not boot from an external source if you hook up USB CD/DVD drive? It will but probably it is easier for him to ask an Off Topic Queston on this list than go out and source one in Crete with a

RE: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Christopher Woods
There is no data on the machine, I tried to install the image from SourceForge and it was too big... I didn't keep any on the machine's internal drive in the first place, there simply isn't room. I got a version of Ubuntu working from a Flash card, but it was very slow, and almost every dialogue

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
It did nothing at all. Not a sausage. On 18/04/2008, Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I wonder if that is going to work? > > > > > I'm intrigued, please share what happens! > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 18/04/2008, Andy Leighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 imag

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Matt Barber
> > I wonder if that is going to work? > I'm intrigued, please share what happens! - 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@lis

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Andy Leighton
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=21561

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
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 sto

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Michael
On Friday 18 April 2008 08:24:00 Matt Barber wrote: > > Small attractive black brick, just Error 17, desperately seeking an > > installer CD. Need only .GZ. GSOH. > > It looks like you can boot off of a flash memory stick, and as error > 17 is bootloader error, couldn't you put a small linux on th

Re: [backstage] Anyone got a Eee PC 2G Surf/Linux CD?

2008-04-18 Thread Matt Barber
> Small attractive black brick, just Error 17, desperately seeking an > installer CD. Need only .GZ. GSOH. It looks like you can boot off of a flash memory stick, and as error 17 is bootloader error, couldn't you put a small linux on the flash stick and get going from there? KIS KIT GSOH lol - S