On 18/04/2008, Andy Leighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 02:24:52PM +0300, Brian Butterworth wrote: > > Thanks you for your kind help. > > > > I'm OK for booting off other devices (I have got DOS running OK on my > > camera's flash card) , but I tried to install this image: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=215613 > > > > And it's too big, as I have one of the original devices with just 2Gb of > > storage. That's what brought on Error 17. I can get rid of it and get > > 'missing operating system' instead :-D > > > > The only place with the 2Gb image is the CD, which is locked in a > storage > > container in Brighton, 2,000 miles away, the key to which is in a box > under > > a bed in Belgium! > > > > I've got the "701" CD image from the torrents, but it is too big, I need > the > > 700 image. I have tried XP, but I can't format the drive to NTFS as I > don't > > have a CD drive, so I get a BSOD. > > > > Just got a "support email" from Asus: > > > > 'Dear Brian, > > > > You can restore Linux by pushing F9 repeatedly and firmly as soon as the > > unit begins to boot up. Keep > > pushing it beyond the Asus logo and you will get the option to restore > to > > factory settings. > > > Might, might not. Have you messed with the filesystems? If so then > it might not work otherwise it should as I think it just reformats the > second partition in the unionfs. Which means data-loss if you have any > data files stored there.
There is no data on the machine, I tried to install the image from SourceForge and it was too big... I didn't keep any on the machine's internal drive in the first place, there simply isn't room. I got a version of Ubuntu working from a Flash card, but it was very slow, and almost every dialogue box fails to fit on the screen. And it won't play MP3s or DIVXs... -- > Andy Leighton => [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials" > - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
