On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 00:52 +1100, aggeyl wrote: > 3. Find a way to be able to reinstall Xandros so I can try other > operating systems. Well, not try them so much as install Fluxbuntu or > Xubuntu. But I want to have Xandros on hand in case it doesn't work. > BTW, Xandros is not a bad OS. I'm not sure what I was expecting after > their bed games with Microsoft, but the OS is pretty good. I don't > usually like KDE, but I really suits the Eee PC.
If you happen to have a USB CD-ROM, you can use that to boot off the disc that comes with the Eee. I think the manual talks about doing a restore. I didn't have one, so I booted eeexubuntu from a USB stick, which was able to bring up a network connection. Then, before reinstalling, used dd to grab an image of the internal SSD and transfer that across to a box with storage space. Comes the time I want to restore it, just boot from the USB again, blat the image back across the network and write it to the SSD with dd. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
