Re: EeePC 1001P boot problem

On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM Russ Puskarcik <rpuskarcik@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have an ASUS 1001P with Rev 1202 BIOS. It does not recognize the hard drives boot sector. Apparently ASUS was aware of this and created a Boot-Tool for Linux that runs on Windows. I can't get that thing to work on XP or Windows 7. It asks for a bootable CD ROM, but when I provide one, nothing happens. It just doesn't work. I downloaded a newer version of the BIOS, but the only way to install the upgraded BIOS is from a fully working Windows 7 on the EeePC. That can't happen, because I've already installed Debian 12 on the hard drive.

Any help I can get with this would be highly appreciated.

I used to use ASUS a lot primarily because it ships with EZ Flash. With EZ Flash you can write the BIOS image to a CD or USB Drive and install it directly from within the BIOS.

ASUS EZ Flash 3 - Introduction
https://www.asus.com/us/support/faq/1012815/

How to Update BIOS with ASUS Firmware Update/EZ Flash
https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1008859/

I forgot to mention that if you use a USB drive it has to be formatted with FAT16 or FAT32. I usually use a CD-RW.

If you Google "ASUS 1001P EZ Flash" Google's AI Overview provides step by step instructions.

Russ Puskarcik
360-550-3136

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