Thank you very much to everyone who answered my query: On 8 April 2011 11:18, Chen Wei <weichen...@aol.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 05:52:25PM +1000, Rob Hurle wrote: >> I have an EeePC 4G (the 701) and I'm trying to put Debian Squeeze on >> to it. I've RTFM and read the wiki, and got to the stage of having a >> USB stick that boots the netinst version. The EeePC is connected to >> the Internet by a proven cable (not wireless). The USB stick boots to >> the install screen (looks good) and I can use the touch pad to >> navigate around that. But, when I choose anything from that menu, the >> system hangs. CTL-ALT-DEL reboots, and it seems to be the only way to >> get out of it, short of removing the battery. The power button does >> nothing. >> > it could be a video model problem, try press TAB and custom the boot > option, *avoid* any fancy vga= parameter.
This worked, and I booted and installed Squeeze. I had to install just the base system as disc space on the 4GB model is too limited. Then I used apt-get to install what I think I need. First attempt was to install KDE, which did install, but it took up most of the disc, so it's now 95% full. I'm about to look at this issue. Thanks again. Cheers, Rob Hurle -- ----------------------------- Rob Hurle ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific School of Culture, History and Language Histories of Asia and the Pacific e-mail: rob1...@gmail.com Telephone (ANU): +61 2 6125 3169 Mobile (in VN): +84 948 243 538 Mobile (in OZ): +61 417 293 603 ----------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktimnlzvaz9dhpwwnym_hhntg3nq...@mail.gmail.com