Installing Ubuntu on Asus Eee
Alex Maynard
maynarda-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
Mon Nov 17 21:03:26 UTC 2008
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008, James Knott wrote:
> I'm trying to install Ubuntu 8.04 from http://www.ubuntu-eee.com on my
> Asus Eee 2G Surf/Linux & 8 GB SD RAM card. I've copied the "CD" to a 4
> GB USB drive and can boot from it, but whenever I try to install or even
> just run Ubuntu, I get only a command prompt, instead of the desktop or
> installer. I suspect this may be due to the limitations of this bottom
> end Eee PC. Does anyone know a way around this?
I'm not sure if this is relevant or useful, but I had one old computer
that always froze during the ubuntu install. Using the "alternate install
CD" from xubuntu worked for that problem.
Alex
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