Ubuntu on the Eee Eee, The Dark Side ...
Given that there are bunch of tutorials on the net on how to install various Linux distributions on the Asus Eee did not expect that I would write a post about it, for two reasons: first because I had more to do and second because I hate to go to Google search and find several sources with the same content, as happened this morning. I know it would follow the yellow brick road and all be happy.
I recently purchased an Eee and signed a plan of "broadband" 3G by a need to access the outside world where he worked as the proxy by blocking access to GMail.
In my opinion Asus nailed to sell the Eee as an appliance instead of a computer. You buy, take a look in the manual and using leaves as if using a blender. No mysteries. Xandros, which comes standard distribution is perfectly usable by any idiot, including me in this case, for the tasks to which it is intended: intenet, email, office basics, multimedia. Everything is quite simple, including updating the BIOS!
Now of course if you want to use it for something beyond the original proposal, a customization is welcome since the official repositories have older packages. I had to install Opera to access those sites made by a sub-berries eaten bad we will only know how to make sites that do not work right in Firefox and was on hand, the dependencies could not be satisfied automatically.
Before the semi-parsley evil We will fill the eaten bag has made it clear that I am also a web developer and I know the differences and the cost involved in producing a decent website or a crap that you spew out there.
Anyway, since I decided to install a proper distribution but with the new requirements of my Eee, I chose the Ubuntu Eee for pure personal preference even after all he is my heck.
The Material
- Eee Pc 01 (Required, dah);
- Micro 01 to generate the image bootable (optional if you u have external CD-ROM);
- 01 SD of at least 1GB (ditto);
- 01 2GB SD card (optional, only one backup);
- MP3 player xing-ling USB 2GB SDs for the case of fail (optional);
- Adapters for various convenience (optional);
The sources
From what I have researched several tutorials can quote the Ubuntu Eee wiki , the Ubuntu online documentation , an article on Tecnoclasta and an article by Morimoto .
Steps
Installing Linux on an Eee ditribuição using CD-ROM drives is identical to installing a common PC and details can be found in the article by Morimoto. Already without CD-ROM it splits into two basic steps: the first is to prepare a bootable image on a stick, the second is the installation itself.
Preparing the image bootable
In my research I found some ways to make the image bootable and tested two. The first is using the script as described in isotostick.sh Tecnoclasta article, the other is using the wiki as UNetbootin Ubuntu Eee.
I used a 2 Gb SD card, since the image is just over 600 Mb The UNetbootin is a single executable and its use is quite intuitive. Just choose the ISO or distribution (in this case it will download the ISO from the net), choose the device to generate and send. It takes a while and sometimes it seems that it is locked, but it's normal, after all is almost 700 MB of data.
Once that is done only insert the SD, have the system boot by Elee boot, right? Wrong, at least for me ...
My image does not boot bootable. What the hell is this bootable image that does not boot?
Ok, let's try again. .. Nothing.
Payback iso ... Nothing.
SD change ... Nothing.
Hell, I do not know to configure the BIOS to boot via SD Eee? Looking for a little, change a few options and ... NOTHING!
Hence the crack: micro switch. I was in the note and put the flash drive to boot (one of those USB adapters for SD) and ... NOTHING! Okay, is the image, not the SD. Now what? I saw no one reporting on the net that the image made with UNetbootin does not boot.
After a little more reading I discover a macabre detail. Rereading the tutorial already mentioned in the Ubuntu documentation and researching other sources that do not remember when I saw that depending on the vesa UNetbootin and hardware SD formatting the SD file system might have to be different.
Well, I'm sick of commands and look for this movie in the Owl is not helping. Then I go from GParted. As I do not know which configuration will work, it only remains to try to hit you. In my case it was with ext3.
The steps are simple only time-consuming:
Open GParted, recreate the partition and choose the file system;
Do not forget to mark the new partition as bootable. To do this right click it and go to "Manage Flags";
And check the boot options (other options may be necessary depending on the hardware used).
Done it open and burn the iso UNetbootin.
Installing
Now the easy part: installing. It's no different than installing a PC, except one or two details.
To choose which device will be used to boot, just put the SD reader in the Eee, press ESC to boot and sometimes even enjoy the boot menu. See the images below
Choosing the boot device. 
Grub Installer. 
Booting Ubuntu Eee. 
The Ubuntu Installer screens, already well known. 
Details for the keyboard, in my case. USA - USA International with dead keys. to set the accents and the cedilla. 
By performing partitioning should not be created swap partition, because we are installing a flash, not in HD. The partitioner will complain about it but just move on. 
The screen also famous setting the default user. 
Follow the installation. 
After installation, reboot time. 
The basic fabric login. 
The Desktop. Not bacaninha? 
Finishing
Unlike the parsley very fond of saying around here everything worked perfectly including network card and wifi function keys. Some optimizations and customizations I intend to publish new posts soon, or not.
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