Overall, installing eeeBuntu Remix (Intrepid) onto an eeePC netbook went well enough but there were a few rough patches. The download went smoothly, I installed the create usb startup disk program from the standard repositories, and selected the iso file just downloaded. But … I had to install lilo and use it to repair the usb MBR before it would work.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install lilo
\n(NB do not configure to use unless you actually want to replace GRUB)<\/p>\n
lilo -M \/dev\/sdx Plus the USB drive was detected sometimes and not others by the eeePC. [Later note – this may be relevant: “[On] my EEE PC 1000 the only bootable USB port is the one on the left side, the two on the right would not boot the USB at all.” (Full Circle 23 – http:\/\/fullcirclemagazine.org\/issue-23\/<\/a>)]<\/p>\n Anyway, press Esc repeatedly at bootup to get access to the USB drive and boot into it.<\/p>\n Partitioning was interesting as there seemed to be half the harddrive set aside (for recovery, I think). I formatted that as linux swap. I’ll resize it later. The default seems to be shrinking XP (good) and using the second (of 3) partitions for eeeBuntu. I formatted that as ext3.<\/p>\n [Note from later ;)] install ntfsprogs to enable resizing ntfs partition etc. To run all the upgrades you need to get the repositories working (now that GPG keys are required, which seems to be a recent development – http:\/\/forum.eeebuntu.org\/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1701&p=6559<\/a>).<\/p>\n If it is not you might get an error like:<\/p>\n \nW: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error: http:\/\/ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 3F2A5EE4B796B6FE<\/p>\n W: Failed to fetch http:\/\/ppa.launchpad.net\/netbook-remix-team\/ubuntu\/dists\/intrepid\/Release <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Fortunately, the following worked for me:<\/p>\n sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 3F2A5EE4B796B6FE The following may be useful as well: http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/LaunchpadAddingAPpasKeyToYourUbuntuSystem\/launchpad-adding-key-for-signed-ppa.ogv<\/a><\/p>\n Before that I had to uninstall the flash nonfree package and reinstall it. But youtube is working perfectly now.<\/p>\n I also changed the icons under appearance to Gnome so that Thunderbird would have the correct icon.<\/p>\n The final thing was to get Skype installed. This required Medibuntu as per http:\/\/forum.eeebuntu.org\/viewtopic.php?f=28&p=6542<\/a> and then a change to the Skype sound setup as per http:\/\/www.eeebuntu.org\/release.html<\/a><\/p>\n BTW this entry was written and posted from the eeePC. The only real bad news is that it isn’t mine and I have to return it soon :-(.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Overall, installing eeeBuntu Remix (Intrepid) onto an eeePC netbook went well enough but there were a few rough patches. The download went smoothly, I installed the create usb startup disk program from the standard repositories, and selected the iso file … Continue reading
\n(replacing x with the letter of your flash device) sdb in my case
\n(See http:\/\/www.pendrivelinux.com\/usb-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon-install\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nsudo apt-get install ntfsprogs. I resized the windows partition drastically down from within eeebuntu and later used a live usb of gparted to resize and move the eeebuntu partition. The most recent versions of gparted live did not work but I succeeded with 0.3.7-7. NB this only worked in video safe mode (VGA).<\/p>\n
\n(http:\/\/lxer.com\/module\/forums\/t\/28587\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n