Re: Eee PC os install advice
- Original message - From: "James Takac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:41:35 +1000 Subject: Re: Eee PC os install advice *snip* It is on the flash drive actually. I'm just in the process of deciding which os to install on the internal. for now it has ubuntu as does the flash drive but I don't need the same os installed twice LOL. I've even considered the idea of installing on an actual usb hdd for at home a number of os's to play with as it were James -- Hey James, Here's a good tute on installing Ubuntu Mobuile on the eee: http://stuporglue.org/ I'm going to have a crack at it when my wife is not looking (the eee is hers). Mark -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Eee PC os install advice
Hi Derek On Wednesday 04 June 2008 21:59:50 Derek Broughton wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Currently I have gutsy on both the internal 4gig drive and on a 16gig > > flash drive. I'm looking at scrubbing gutsy from the internal and > > installing something else as I mainly boot from the flash drive at the > > moment. I'm guessing that will require some changes to my grub file on my > > part so the flash drive wont throw up errors when gutsy ain't there on > > the 4gig drive? > > If grub is actually installed on the flash drive, then it isn't going to > care that there's no (or another) OS on the internal drive, unless you try > to select the entry for the non-existent OS. > > otoh, if grub is on the internal drive (more usual), you won't be able to > boot at all if you remove the /boot directory. So you'd need to do > a "grub-install" to the flash drive (before scrubbing the internal!). > > -- > derek It is on the flash drive actually. I'm just in the process of deciding which os to install on the internal. for now it has ubuntu as does the flash drive but I don't need the same os installed twice LOL. I've even considered the idea of installing on an actual usb hdd for at home a number of os's to play with as it were James -- Behold the One in all things. It is the second that leads you astray. Kabir -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Eee PC os install advice
James Takac wrote: > Currently I have gutsy on both the internal 4gig drive and on a 16gig > flash drive. I'm looking at scrubbing gutsy from the internal and > installing something else as I mainly boot from the flash drive at the > moment. I'm guessing that will require some changes to my grub file on my > part so the flash drive wont throw up errors when gutsy ain't there on the > 4gig drive? If grub is actually installed on the flash drive, then it isn't going to care that there's no (or another) OS on the internal drive, unless you try to select the entry for the non-existent OS. otoh, if grub is on the internal drive (more usual), you won't be able to boot at all if you remove the /boot directory. So you'd need to do a "grub-install" to the flash drive (before scrubbing the internal!). -- derek -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Eee PC os install advice
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 09:31 +1000, James Takac wrote: > Hi Guys > > Currently I have gutsy on both the internal 4gig drive and on a 16gig flash > drive. I'm looking at scrubbing gutsy from the internal and installing > something else as I mainly boot from the flash drive at the moment. I'm > guessing that will require some changes to my grub file on my part so the > flash drive wont throw up errors when gutsy ain't there on the 4gig drive? > Would I be better off scrubbing the lines relating to the internal drive and > installing on it and then just using the bios to switch between internal and > external boots? Would rather the dual boot facility. How much work would that > entail? I'm guessing likely not that hard just not used to this my end as of > yet I installed eeexubuntu on my partner's eee pc. It was the best solution I could find. She has since left it out in the rain and it aint working so well atm. I will leave that story for another day. You can do the manual BIOS hack, or you can just leave /boot and MBR intact on the SSD and just remove the entries for the SSD. I personally found using SSD for the OS and the SD card for /home and some other mount points great - except when the thing went to sleep and woke up and would allocate a new block device for the SD card. Cheers Dave PS Cross posting probably isn't the best approach getting a good response from people. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Eee PC os install advice
Hi Guys Currently I have gutsy on both the internal 4gig drive and on a 16gig flash drive. I'm looking at scrubbing gutsy from the internal and installing something else as I mainly boot from the flash drive at the moment. I'm guessing that will require some changes to my grub file on my part so the flash drive wont throw up errors when gutsy ain't there on the 4gig drive? Would I be better off scrubbing the lines relating to the internal drive and installing on it and then just using the bios to switch between internal and external boots? Would rather the dual boot facility. How much work would that entail? I'm guessing likely not that hard just not used to this my end as of yet James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
