Installing Ubuntu on Asus Eee

[Dave Germiquet]

Erk, I forgot to mention, I used a USB CD ROM/Writer attached to the
other USB port.

So I had One usb for cdrom and one usb for the flash, if need be we
could arrange something ;)



On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Dave Germiquet <davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thats really odd, as I was able to install kubuntu on that same system
> (except my version had the 4 gigabyte built in) without a problem. I
> may have used  the altenative cd for text install can't remember. I
> had it installed on a usb hard disk as well as a usb  flash disk.
>
> It works great, you can also find hacks to make it faster as well as
> work with hibernation...
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:00 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Alex Maynard wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> I'm using a distro that's customized for the Eee PC.  It doesn't
>> freeze.  It simply leaves me at the command prompt, instead of a desktop
>> or graphical installer.  The help doesn't list any command to continue
>> the install.  I realize the 2G is a bit tight on space, but I have an
>> 8GB SD RAM card, which I'd hoped would provide sufficient space.  I was
>> hoping there might be some install parameters or other method that could
>> be used to facilitate this.
>>
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> Dave Germiquet
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Everytime I learn something new,
I realize I know very little.
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