[Watford] Watford Digest, Vol 108, Issue 1

Tue Sep 30 13:13:27 UTC 2008

Have you tried Unetbootin?

http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/wiki/index.php5?title=How_to:_Using_Unetbootin

Just a thought.

Toby

2008/9/30 Toby Deans <plumocelot at gmail.com>:
> Hi Alain
>
>  - I recommend the USB CD driver option if you have no joy with the
> USB key. I have a asus eee too (the weedy 700 version). I installed an
> 8Gb SD card and then installed eeeUbuntu - a distro customized for the
> eee and its tiny screen. Works like a charm - The point is I installed
> this from an old portable CD drive I have lying around. The eee forum
> has various tutorials on preparing flash drives for booting... I
> looked but didn't have the patience.
>
> http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/
>
> On another note.. I have been messing about with the Linksys NSLU2 -
> it's an open embedded network drive adapter that is joyously hackable.
> I used mine as an iTunes server, film server and uPnP server for my
> media streamer. It uses a trickle of electricity in comparison to my
> main Linux box and is totally silent.
>
> I'm enjoying the one I got so much I have bought a second one. There
> is a mod you can do to it (taking out a resistor) to de-underclock it.
> It is sold generally at 133Mhz by 266Mhz is available with some simple
> but delicate surgery. This one I think I will use as a little LAMP
> project server.
>
> Here's a page with the alternate firmwares: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
>
> I'm using uNSLUng but you can get a Debian set up if you are patient/insane.
>
> If I can hitch a lift then I'd love to join you all again for the next meeting .
>
> Regards,
>
> Toby
>
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>>   1. Help - bricked eeepc (Alain Williams)
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>>   4. Re: Help - bricked eeepc (Steven Acreman)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:32:36 +0100
>> From: Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk>
>> Subject: [Watford] Help - bricked eeepc
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>> I bricked my asus eeepc ... trying to do an 'apt-get upgrade' or something.
>>
>> It now falls over when starting the window manager & reboots.
>> I have followed instructions below for getting it to boot of memory stick, no joy.
>>
>>        http://darkertechnologies.com/notes/2008/01/26/booting-an-isolinux-livecd-from-eee-pcs-sd-card-reader/
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>> I'll bring it to the next meeting.
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>> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:41:39 +0100
>> From: "James Heaver" <james at heaver.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Watford] Help - bricked eeepc
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>> Aparently not all combinations of USB key and computer will work.
>>
>> It may well be worth trying another usb key if you have one around.
>>
>>
>>
>> James
>>
>> 2008/9/29 Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk>:
>> > I bricked my asus eeepc ... trying to do an 'apt-get upgrade' or something.
>> >
>> > It now falls over when starting the window manager & reboots.
>> > I have followed instructions below for getting it to boot of memory stick, no joy.
>> >
>> >        http://darkertechnologies.com/notes/2008/01/26/booting-an-isolinux-livecd-from-eee-pcs-sd-card-reader/
>> >
>> > I'll bring it to the next meeting.
>> >
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>> > Alain Williams
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:55:26 +0100
>> From: Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk>
>> Subject: Re: [Watford] Help - bricked eeepc
>> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
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>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 04:41:39PM +0100, James Heaver wrote:
>> > Aparently not all combinations of USB key and computer will work.
>> >
>> > It may well be worth trying another usb key if you have one around.
>>
>> Drat! it was an 8GB one that I bought just for this purpose ... my other one
>> being far too small. Hmmmmm: I might try one of the small rescue CDs,
>> if I can get a shell prompt I may be able to fix it.
>>
>> --
>> Alain Williams
>> Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
>> +44 (0) 787 668 0256  http://www.phcomp.co.uk/
>> Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php
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>> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:45:10 +0100
>> From: "Steven Acreman" <sacreman at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Watford] Help - bricked eeepc
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>> I have a USB cd drive that works. You are welcome to drop by my work and
>> borrow it if you need to reapply the image.
>>
>> 2008/9/29 Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk>
>>
>> > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 04:41:39PM +0100, James Heaver wrote:
>> > > Aparently not all combinations of USB key and computer will work.
>> > >
>> > > It may well be worth trying another usb key if you have one around.
>> >
>> > Drat! it was an 8GB one that I bought just for this purpose ... my other
>> > one
>> > being far too small. Hmmmmm: I might try one of the small rescue CDs,
>> > if I can get a shell prompt I may be able to fix it.
>> >
>> > --
>> >  Alain Williams
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