Bit Hunter Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I have a Eee PC 901 and a Eee Box B202. I managed to remove recovery partition on my 901, and i would like to have it back with a custom disk image. On my B202 i would like to change the disk image. IS it possible to install non Asus supplied os without messing up recovery partition. What i want to do on both computers is to put a custom OS with F9 working from the BIOS (in other words, i would like to boot in my custom OS from BIOS by hitting F9). Anyone any ides... Here is my Question in short: What is the Rocket science for F9 trigging recovery boot. I could put something like GRUB and boot a recovery system from there, but i want to be able to use inbuilt button for trigging special boot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I thought the disk (CD/DVD) that came with the eeePC's was all that's needed to reinstall the OS, and that there isn't a recovary partition on the eeePC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 I thought the disk (CD/DVD) that came with the eeePC's was all that's needed to reinstall the OS, and that there isn't a recovary partition on the eeePC's. Both Eee Pc and Eee Box came with recovery partitions and recovery DVDs. But I don't have a external drive, and these disks doesn't restore the recovery partition. The reason i want a recovery partition just sitting is, so the i can restore last taken snapshot if i ever screw up anything. The this is when i was at my parents this holiday i managed to corrupt some critical system files, and i wasn't able to use 901 till i came back. If i have a recovery system sitting, i could use it to get back to work again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 You could try TestDisk but I'm not sure how well it will work on flash based storage. What I recommend you do is make an image of the recovery disk, then use Unetbootin to turn it in to a memory stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Here is my Question in short: What is the Rocket science for F9 trigging recovery boot. I could put something like GRUB and boot a recovery system from there, but i want to be able to use inbuilt button for trigging special boot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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