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On 14/07/2011 21:27, David Aldred wrote:
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type="cite">An update: having identified that there were other
problems with the original netbook (spec not actually as
advertised), I've now replaced it, and with the aid of Simon's USB
CD drive installed Lubuntu. All went very smoothly, and despite
reports that extra work might be involved in getting suspend, the
SD card reader and webcam to work properly, in fact they all
worked out of the box. <br>
<br>
So thanks again to Simon; I did try this one with a USB key and
again no joy, so I'll be picking up a cheap external CD
somewhere...<br>
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David Aldred<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 12 July 2011 11:19, Mike Martin <span
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href="mailto:mike@redtux.org.uk">mike@redtux.org.uk</a>></span>
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<div class="im">On 11 July 2011 22:01, David Aldred <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:davidaldred@gmail.com">davidaldred@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> Could be; I'll see if I can install via CD drive.<br>
><br>
> If so is it likely that USB MSS will not work even with
an installed Linux,<br>
> or should this correct itself once an installation
actually takes place?<br>
><br>
><br>
> David Aldred<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 11 July 2011 21:25, Joshua Lock <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:incandescant@gmail.com">incandescant@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On 11 July 2011 13:09, David Aldred <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:davidaldred@gmail.com">davidaldred@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>> > Thanks, Simon - see separate emails!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On the underlying issue; if a USB install
can't continue following the<br>
>> > USB<br>
>> > Mass Storage driver coming in, is it likely
that there's soem weird<br>
>> > piece of<br>
>> > hardware involved here?<br>
>><br>
>> I'm reminded of a recent LWN article: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://lwn.net/Articles/450460/" target="_blank">https://lwn.net/Articles/450460/</a><br>
>><br>
>> In summary (aiui) the kernel doesn't really have a
notion of driver<br>
>> dependencies so it could be a simple mismatch
there. Perhaps DSL has<br>
>> the required driver built in and Ubuntu is using a
module?<br>
>><br>
>> HTH,<br>
>> Joshua<br>
>> --<br>
>> Joshua Lock<br>
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cant remember the exact voodoo but is there an option to load
a custom<br>
initrd.img at the initial command line?. Then you could use
the ubuntu<br>
moule as if it is a builtin.<br>
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here's a suggestion:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://thecomputershop.x2tek.co.uk/product/ASUS-EXTERNAL-DVDRW-8X-USB-BLK-SDRW-08D2S-U_37024.html">http://thecomputershop.x2tek.co.uk/product/ASUS-EXTERNAL-DVDRW-8X-USB-BLK-SDRW-08D2S-U_37024.html</a>
it's shy of £40 with delivery but if you go to the store on Hartley
Road they may be able to get it sans delivery for you to collect in
a couple days<br>
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