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

2008-04-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
Small attractive black brick, just Error 17, desperately seeking an installer CD. Need only .GZ. GSOH.

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 the

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:

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 image:

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

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 installer

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,