EeePC and Debian

[Rob Hurle <rob1940@gmail.com>]

  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.

  If I look at the USB stick on my Debian system, this is what I see:

rob@debianrob:/media> cd Debian\ 6.0.1a\ i386\ 1/
rob@debianrob:/media/Debian 6.0.1a i386 1> ll
total 721
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root     27 2011-03-21 02:03 autorun.inf
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   2048 2011-03-21 02:03 css
lr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root      1 2011-03-21 02:03 debian -> .
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   2048 2011-03-21 02:03 dists
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   2048 2011-03-21 02:03 doc
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   2048 2011-03-21 02:03 firmware
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root 110070 2011-03-15 13:51 g2ldr
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root   8192 2011-03-15 13:51 g2ldr.mbr
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   2048 2011-03-21 02:03 install
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   2048 2011-03-21 02:03 install.386
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   4096 2011-03-21 02:03 isolinux
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root  40572 2011-03-21 02:04 md5sum.txt
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   2048 2011-03-21 02:03 pics
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   2048 2011-03-21 02:03 pool
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root   8761 2011-03-21 02:04 README.html
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root 142516 2011-03-20 06:54 README.mirrors.html
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root  76776 2011-03-20 06:54 README.mirrors.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root    398 2011-03-21 02:03 README.source
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root   5373 2011-03-21 02:04 README.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root 319525 2011-03-15 13:51 setup.exe
dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root   2048 2011-03-21 02:03 tools
-r--r--r-- 1 rob root    237 2011-03-21 02:03 win32-loader.ini

There seems to be a lot windows stuff here, but there is a "vmlinuz"
file in the install.386 directory.  Do I need to boot into the old
EeePC linux system and then run this?  What am I missing?  (Yes, I did
read the READMEs).

Thank you,
Rob Hurle
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Rob Hurle
ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific
School of Culture, History and Language
Histories of Asia and the Pacific
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