Hi Kevin, As I recall, the first thing I did was use my desktop machine to download a copy of the Xubuntu live CD. I then booted that on my desktop machine and clicked the desktop link to make a bootable USB drive of Xubuntu. Either that, or I downloaded and installed UNbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) to make a bootable USB drive. When I booted the Eeeeeepc, I had to press F2 to get it to boot from the USB drive. Once I had Xubuntu booted, instalation to the Eeeeepc went like clockwork. Then I downloaded the customized Eeeeepc kernel from Array.org and installed that (http://www.array.org/ubuntu/) and since then, everything just works and I take my Eeeeepc everywhere with a big penguin on top for everyone to see. Hope that helps,
- mark --- On Wed, 7/1/09, elliott-brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > From: elliott-brennan <[email protected]> > Subject: [SLUG] Re: setting up to install eeebuntu via thumbdrive > To: [email protected], "Kevin Shackleton" <[email protected]> > Received: Wednesday, 7 January, 2009, 2:41 AM > Hi Kevin, > > That is how I completed my eeeeeeeeeeeebuntu install. > > If you're in the local area I can give you a > hand...otherwise I can find my notes (I made a > few) and send them to you (just have to find them :)) > > Regards, > > Patrick > > > > [SLUG] setting up to install eeebuntu via thumbdrive > > Kevin Shackleton <[email protected]> > > Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:53:13 +0900 > > > SLUGgers, > > > I have fallen into a black hole regarding setting up a > thumbdrive so > > that I can install eeebuntu on my eee 701. I've > found some very expert > > advice if I were running Ubuntu or even Windows on my > desktop, but > > Debian Etch doesn't seem to rate a mention > (unetbootin might work if I > > could install it but it says that the i386 version is > 64 bit). > > > Can someone please point me to a URL that might let me > achieve Nirvana? > > > Thanks, > > > Kevin. > > > btw - the reason I'd be interested is that Xandros > has clagged out my > > network connections and I can't see why - probably > parallel > > configurations with the less useful winning. Anyway - > it's sexy to keep > > changing (?) > > > -- > Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - > http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: > http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
