Re: EeePC and Debian
On 2011-04-07, Rob Hurle <rob1940@gmail.com> 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.
I am running squeeze on that model. In my case, however, I installed
lenny from the Debian eee PC project, and upgraded from there.
One major change in squeeze is that non-free firmware is not included in
the default image. IIRC, the 4G requires non-free firmware for the
wireless card. I'm not saying that this accounts for the system hang,
but you can eliminate it as a possibility by using an install image with
bundled non-free firmware.
Another avenue to explore is a text-only installation. Does that allow
you to get any further?
>
> 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).
I think the Windows files are for launching the installer from a running
Windows environment. (I haven't tried that, so I can't be certain.)
Otherwise you would boot from the USB directly (as you are already
doing) rather from the existing OS.
>
> Thank you,
> Rob Hurle
P.S. Don't give up. Squeeze runs great on the 4G :-)
--
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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