----- "Bob Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > Two note on this approach. > > 1. To change eth1 to eth0, edit the file > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules .
Nice! > 2. In my experience, Ubuntu image move fairly easily between > different video cards. The standard installation includes all > the video drivers, and in most cases, the X server figures out > which one to load at run time. But then I'm careful to spec my > machines with X11-friendly video cards. I tried that first. Couldn't get it to work. So I switched to a X-less install. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive. --- Robert Frost > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:21 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Based on my knowledge of USB, yes it should work. > > But it will be butt-scrape slow. It will probably > > take several hours just to boot. > > > > Another approach that I've used with a laptop whose > > BIOS fails to boot over USB is to do a server install > > from a separate computer. In other words, remove the > > hard drive from the laptop and install it in some > > other computer as the only hard drive. This computer > > needs to have an optical drive. Do an install of an > > image *without* X-windows. > > > > Now pull the hard drive and reinstall it in the laptop. > > apt-get the X-windows packages. > > > > One minor glitch with this approach is that the ethernet > > interface will be different. At least with Ubuntu, > > the system will find the laptop's ethernet interface > > and all will be well. The only funny is that it will > > be on eth1. Eth0 will be non-functional since it will > > be tied to the other computer's interface, which doesn't > > exist on the laptop. I haven't noticed any functional > > problems from this. It's just a little funny. > > Undoubtedly it is possible to fix this cosmetic defect. > > But since it hasn't caused me problems I just ignore it. > > -- > > Allen Brown abrown at peak.org > http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ > > Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do > irrational > > things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is > the > > principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. --- Scott Adams > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "marbux" <[email protected]> > > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:12:31 PM > > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] anyone want some neat Linux-related > hardware? > > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:26 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've done an install on a optical-less laptop using a USB to > >> SATA interface and a SATA CDROM. This works with PATA just > >> as well. And it may be more straightforward than PXE boot. > > > > Hi, Allen, > > > > Any idea whether that method works via a USB 1.0 connection? > > > > I suspect my friend might feel less challenged by Puppy Linux. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > [email protected] _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
