USS Voyager Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Ok, So a couple of months ago I bought an EEE PC 2g Surf. I was trying to put ubunutu eee on it but the harddrive wasn't big enough... Does anyone know an OS that would work on it and fit on its harddrive? Thanks Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gEEEk Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 There are loads.. Suggestions: Windows XP Windows Vista EeeXubuntu 7.10 (Not sure) Slax DSL BT Debian (Possibly) Windows 2000, NT, Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatNow Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 There are loads.. Suggestions: Windows XP Windows Vista EeeXubuntu 7.10 (Not sure) Slax DSL BT Debian (Possibly) Windows 2000, NT, Me and if you really want to you can Mod your eee pc and put a usb flash drive or something in there and load an os on there check this site out http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewforum.php?id=12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USS Voyager Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 and if you really want to you can Mod your eee pc and put a usb flash drive or something in there and load an os on there check this site out http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewforum.php?id=12 Wouldn't XP and Vista be way too big? I might have to try eeexubuntu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USS Voyager Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Wouldn't XP and Vista be way too big? I might have to try eeexubuntu. Ok, so I would put DSL on it but I'm not quite sure how to install drivers in Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarchyPizza Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 There are usually command lines [coce]http://www.mike-devlin.com/linux/driver.htm[/code] I think you can only install Linux capable drivers so it depends on what you are looking to install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarchyPizza Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 There are usually command lines [coce]http://www.mike-devlin.com/linux/driver.htm[/code] I think you can only install Linux capable drivers so it depends on what you are looking to install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USS Voyager Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 ok, So I've tried several Linux distro's with no luck. there is just not enough disk space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gEEEk Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 There are certain super tweaked Windows XP versions that only takes up about 300-800 MB. A normal Windows XP installation possibly takes up around 1,3 Gig.. Get a Windows XP disc image and download a program called Nlite. And then delete the components you don't need. Such as printer drivers and unnecessary utilities. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackriver Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 A naked Debian install plus Fluxbox/Blackbox as you window manager will easily fit on a 2GB. Check out http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC for instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webjockey Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 If the SSD wasen't big enough, I am sure you can invest in an SDHC card (4GB) and install on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatNow Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 If the SSD wasen't big enough, I am sure you can invest in an SDHC card (4GB) and install on that. as ive said from the start you can boot to a flash or sd card and if you went to that site i posted they can tell you how to add flash and sdhc cards internally im going to start my project with modding my eeepc tomorrow ill post pics when i have it all done bluetooth flash and sdhc touch screen GPS and what ever else i can cram in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBP Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 why not keep xandros and put it into advanced mode? its just kde instead of the tabbed interface which i like much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 slick the drive for 1, 2, get xubuntu which is less than 720mb, actually, get puppy if you want, @ like 200 mb it's super lightweight but for more functionality get xubuntu. xp should be fine, seen it alot on eeepc2g's yah, the mem. card upgrade (sdcard) should be something you want to look at. if anything do the hdd mod, youll be happy you did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install does not include, or even contain on media, the unwanted components. Puppy Linux Puppy really is small, the live-CD typically being 85MB, yet there really is a complete set of GUI applications. Being so small, Puppy usually loads completely into RAM, which accounts for the incredible speed. TinyMe Hello and welcome to the TinyMe project! TinyMe, a remaster of PCLinuxOS, comes packaged in a miniscule 200MB or smaller ISO. We do this for those of you who have old computers, like to mess around with small/fast systems, or just want a minimal environment. TinyMe is comparable to distributions like Puppy, AntiX, and DSL. If you like small distributions of Linux, give TinyMe a try. to name a few, google is your friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artoo Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 If you have a Surf and don't mind using Linux : Puppeee is worth the try. Downloading it right now, for a testdrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanwinn Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Sorry to point out the obvious, but: It should be possible to get Ubuntu running on a system with the following minimum hardware specification, although it is unlikely that the system would run well. You should use the Alternate install CD to attempt such an installation. # 300 MHz x86 processor # 64 MB of system memory (RAM) # At least 4 GB of disk space (for full installation and swap space) # VGA graphics card capable of 640x480 resolution # CD-ROM drive or network card That said, if you purchase a $30.00 USD 16 GB SDHC Card ( http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Memory-TS1...2532&sr=8-1 ), put it in the EEEpc's SD card slot, install Ubuntu on that with the default settings, and boot from it, you should be fine! TELL ME IF I'M WRONG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I have Windows XP on my Eee PC, and it onnly takes 700 MB of HDD space... I just nlited it a little bit, could provide my configuration... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USS Voyager Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 Thanks for the ideas everyone... I'm going to attempt an XP install. I was going to try puppeee but its wireless software only supports WEP, (and my Time Capsule is running WPA, and I don't want to change all my other clients) I would have stuck with xandros but I formatted it before I realized that I could change the interface to advanced mode, and the recovery CD requires that it be installed from a CD. I know that sounds really dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Thanks for the ideas everyone... I'm going to attempt an XP install. Follow the guide from http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ I was going to try puppeee but its wireless software only supports WEP, (and my Time Capsule is running WPA, and I don't want to change all my other clients) I think it would have been solved by installing WPA Supplement. I would have stuck with xandros but I formatted it before I realized that I could change the interface to advanced mode, and the recovery CD requires that it be installed from a CD. I know that sounds really dumb. I restored my eee pc once using a 2GB USB Drive. PS You can check http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ for more useful info on eee... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webjockey Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 With some *extreme* nLiting, I managed to get my XP installation footprint to 500MB (without a page file). I have this website to thank for that. http://www.i64x.com/eeexp.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USS Voyager Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 well thanks for the help everyone. After several hours of swearing I have successfully installed Windows XP. I only have 300 megs left on the harddrive... So I might have to figure out how to slim that down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antirem Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I am using eeepc-xubuntu.. comes preloaded with some drivers and since its xubuntu it uses xfce... which is the only gui you would want on an eee pc (maybe flux?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBP Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I would have stuck with xandros but I formatted it before I realized that I could change the interface to advanced mode, and the recovery CD requires that it be installed from a CD. I know that sounds really dumb. not really i have a usb to ide adapter that runs cd real nice on my EeePC ;) a good investment for you maybe. i also wouldnt install windows. should try dsl or slax real small real light real nice real customizable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i64X Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 With some *extreme* nLiting, I managed to get my XP installation footprint to 500MB (without a page file). I have this website to thank for that. http://www.i64x.com/eeexp.php You're welcome. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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