Re: EeePC and Debian
Thank you very much to everyone who answered my query:
On 8 April 2011 11:18, Chen Wei <weichen302@aol.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 05:52:25PM +1000, Rob Hurle 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.
>>
> it could be a video model problem, try press TAB and custom the boot
> option, *avoid* any fancy vga= parameter.
This worked, and I booted and installed Squeeze. I had to install
just the base system as disc space on the 4GB model is too limited.
Then I used apt-get to install what I think I need. First attempt was
to install KDE, which did install, but it took up most of the disc, so
it's now 95% full. I'm about to look at this issue. Thanks again.
Cheers,
Rob Hurle
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