[Nottingham] Install problems on new Netbook - Aspire One D255

[David Aldred]

Could be; I'll see if I can install via CD drive.

If so is it likely that USB MSS will not work even with an installed Linux,
or should this correct itself once an installation actually takes place?


David Aldred


On 11 July 2011 21:25, Joshua Lock <incandescant at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11 July 2011 13:09, David Aldred <davidaldred at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks, Simon - see separate emails!
> >
> > On the underlying issue; if a USB install can't continue following the
> USB
> > Mass Storage driver coming in, is it likely that there's soem weird piece
> of
> > hardware involved here?
>
> I'm reminded of a recent LWN article: https://lwn.net/Articles/450460/
>
> In summary (aiui) the kernel doesn't really have a notion of driver
> dependencies so it could be a simple mismatch there. Perhaps DSL has
> the required driver built in and Ubuntu is using a module?
>
> HTH,
> Joshua
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> Joshua Lock
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