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

[Mike Martin]

On 11 July 2011 22:01, David Aldred <davidaldred at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
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> David Aldred
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> 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
>> --
>> Joshua Lock

cant remember the exact voodoo but is there an option to load a custom
initrd.img at the initial command line?. Then you could use the ubuntu
moule as if it is a builtin.