mosler Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 A friend of mine gave me a Asus EEE 2gb surf. with 2 gigs of internal storage there doesn't seem to be many non stripped out OS options. It does have the SD card reader but I cant get it to boot from it. I'm just curious what you guys/gals would do with this device if it came your way. Note: "its some kind of hello kitty edition" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Install debian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eovnu87435ds Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 those eee pc's are quite roomy inside. Get a 16GB or larger flash drive, rip the casing off of it, desolder the usb part of it and solder the drive directly to the pins of one of the eee pc's ports. You loose one of your usb ports, but the good news is that it supports usb boot! or you can give it to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosler Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 interesting... ill look into that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eovnu87435ds Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 (edited) interesting... ill look into that This should make your looking a bit easier http://hackaday.com/2010/02/18/the-uber-eeepc/ also, in regards to the space, nlite will let you take out whatever you don't want from an XP install cd Edited August 16, 2010 by eovnu87435ds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosler Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 (edited) yeah i stripped an xp down so that the install would fit. but it was tight no room for any programs. THanks for that link BTW Edited August 16, 2010 by mosler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiwan Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 ubuntu has a netbook version that is really light. you could try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Pierre Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 It should boot from Sdcard, my 701 does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiwan Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 press ESC at the Eee start up screen to choose where to boot from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosler Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 yeah i can choose the SD card but it always fails. I wonder... Could not having a fast enough SD card make a difference here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 (edited) yeah i can choose the SD card but it always fails. I wonder... Could not having a fast enough SD card make a difference here? I've got some old class2 cards that boot. Could be a formatting problem. Edited August 17, 2010 by barry99705 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiwan Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 it very well could be the sdcard your useing. cause when i was rooting my droid it wasnt working for the life of me and i couldnt figure out why. turns out the sdcard i had was no good. popped in a different one and it worked perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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