>________________________________
>Von: Sam Geeraerts <sam...@elmundolibre.be>
>An: "gnewsense-users@nongnu.org" <gnewsense-users@nongnu.org>
>Gesendet: 20:46 Mittwoch, 20.Juli 2011
>Betreff: Re: [gNewSense-users] How to install Gnewsense on a Yeelong Notebook
>without CD-rom?
>
>Snoopys Woodstock wrote:
>> I realy don't see how to go on. For me it seems that the debootstrap
>> will install gNS 3.0 but if it's not officially I would like the
>> current version of gNewSense.
>
>The current version of gNewSense is 2.3, which doesn't run on the Yeeloong.
>
>How did others do it. I read in Debian Forum that a german installed gNS on
>the Yeeloong. This was in 31st of July in 2010 [1]
>And on the gNS Forum some of you said to the Yeeloong Notebook confirmed, some
>even with confirmed by default. So I thought it would be easy to use gNS on
>this Notebook.
>
>> gNewSense doesn't have CD-using media for YeeLoong, so it won't be different
>> than without CDs. If your YeeLoong has another distro preinstalled, it can
>> be used to format an USB disk with ext2 and put there files needed to
>> install gNewSense (using debootstrap or Parkes installer when it'll be
>> ready).
>>
>> But if the netinstaller don't work so why do I need a formated USB
>> drive?
>
>The installer can't currently be used for normal installation, but an
>experienced user could use it to install with the debootstrap method.
>
>Here some fun, God (as I understand) I'm so glad for humor. The debootstrap
>method descripes that I should partion some space of the disk. OK this is what
>I tried to do with the GNU Linux ditribution wich is installed by default on
>the Notebook. I got I failure message but I didn't know what it meant. OK, I
>wanted to undo it. But it didn't work to undo. Then I wanted to update this
>distribution with, as I learned in gNS, apt-get update ... I got another
>message but didn't know what to do. I did anything. It was wrong. So it broke.
>Yes, the distribution didn't boot anymore. I thought to restore it. It worked
>but then I had a full colored (very nice and beautyfull), and absolutly
>chinese distribution. The only this I could do was to shut down by the power
>button. Hope you can laugh with me, because I realy do.
>OK actually I try to install Debian Wheezy third time, because it crashed two
>times. I never had more ? in my head than this days and I'm thankful for
>serenity.
>Thanks for all of you for laughing with me and for having serenity with me.
>
>> Sorry for questioning like a kid but I realy would like to get that
>> gNewSense on that Yeelong.
>Asking questions means learning. That's a good thing.
>I hope to work on the installer soon, but I can't tell you when it'll be
>ready. If you really really want to install it now then you could come to the
>#gnewsense IRC channel and maybe someone is available to guide you through the
>debootstrap procedure.
>
>Thanks, I maybe have to try this.
>
>[1]
>http://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=122159&p=778948&hilit=yeeloong#p778948
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