On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Henare Degan wrote:

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 23:31, Ruben Safir wrote:

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Does anyone know how I can turn the flash drive into a bootable install disk?

Hi Ruben,

There is some documentation on the wiki[0] but I've never used it myself.

h

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Hi I have installed 11.0 to a EeePC 701 with it. I had a few minor problems, but it works. Neil -- There are three kinds of people: Those who can count, and those who cannot count ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature, please! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Neil wrote:

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Henare Degan wrote:

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On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 23:31, Ruben Safir wrote:

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Does anyone know how I can turn the flash drive into a bootable install disk?

Hi Ruben,

There is some documentation on the wiki[0] but I've never used it myself.

h

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Hi

I have installed 11.0 to a EeePC 701 with it. I had a few minor problems, but it works.

Neil

Neil, lets talk about the EEEPC Did SuSE recognize your network and wireless card? It seems to not have found them on the install, or I installed it wrong? The kernel is not picking up the modules in the installed version, and the yast configuration is asking for me to either name the modules .... uh ... i'd need to compile the kernel to really know that, or something new called a SFkey or something like that? I thought this wireless card was fairly well supported on the linux kernel and with madwifi so I'm very puzzled how it can't identify the wife chipset. Ruben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Neil wrote:

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Ruben Safir wrote:

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Neil wrote:

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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Henare Degan wrote:

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On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 23:31, Ruben Safir wrote:

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Does anyone know how I can turn the flash drive into a bootable install disk?

Hi Ruben,

There is some documentation on the wiki[0] but I've never used it myself.

h

[0] http://en.opensuse.org/SuSE_install_from_USB_drive -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Hi

I have installed 11.0 to a EeePC 701 with it. I had a few minor problems, but it works.

Neil

Neil, lets talk about the EEEPC

Did SuSE recognize your network and wireless card? It seems to not have found them on the install, or I installed it wrong? The kernel is not picking up the modules in the installed version, and the yast configuration is asking for me to either name the modules

.... uh ... i'd need to compile the kernel to really know that, or something new called a SFkey or something like that?

I thought this wireless card was fairly well supported on the linux kernel and with madwifi so I'm very puzzled how it can't identify the wife chipset.

Ruben

Hi

No, the network cards were not detected. I tried to get them working with the Madwifi drivers, but didn't succede. In the end I heard the Debian Lenny (beta) netinstall was able to get them working and that was quite easy. The cards were detected by the installer and I could install via them (only a 128 meg USB key needed. It might even be possible with some old 64M one. The data comes over the internet.)

I haven't been using it a lot lately but I encountered no problems I didn't cause myself, only the ACPI seems to fail at times (when shutting down the light stays on)

All in all, I am quite happy with it, although I do miss Yast.

Neil

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Oh, I forgot: the new kernel has the Atheros drivers in it, and it will detect the cards natively Neil -- There are three kinds of people: Those who can count, and those who cannot count ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature, please! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Neil, lets talk about the EEEPC

Did SuSE recognize your network and wireless card? It seems to not have found them on the install, or I installed it wrong? The kernel is not picking up the modules in the installed version, and the yast configuration is asking for me to either name the modules

.... uh ... i'd need to compile the kernel to really know that, or something new called a SFkey or something like that?

I thought this wireless card was fairly well supported on the linux kernel and with madwifi so I'm very puzzled how it can't identify the wife chipset.

Ruben

Hi

No, the network cards were not detected. I tried to get them working with the Madwifi drivers, but didn't succede. In the end I heard the Debian Lenny (beta) netinstall was able to get them working and that was quite easy. The cards were detected by the installer and I could install via them (only a 128 meg USB key needed. It might even be possible with some old 64M one. The data comes over the internet.)

I haven't been using it a lot lately but I encountered no problems I didn't cause myself, only the ACPI seems to fail at times (when shutting down the light stays on)

All in all, I am quite happy with it, although I do miss Yast.

Neil

So your not running SuSE on it any longer? Its kind of weird for debian to be ahead of SuSE in anything. Ruben

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Neil schrieb:

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Ruben Safir wrote:

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Neil wrote:

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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Henare Degan wrote:

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On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 23:31, Ruben Safir wrote: [...] I have installed 11.0 to a EeePC 701 with it. I had a few minor problems, but it works.

Neil, lets talk about the EEEPC

Did SuSE recognize your network and wireless card? It seems to not have found them on the install, or I installed it wrong? The kernel is not picking up the modules in the installed version, and the yast configuration is asking for me to either name the modules

.... uh ... i'd need to compile the kernel to really know that, or something new called a SFkey or something like that?

I thought this wireless card was fairly well supported on the linux kernel and with madwifi so I'm very puzzled how it can't identify the wife chipset.

Ruben

Hi

No, the network cards were not detected. I tried to get them working with the Madwifi drivers, but didn't succede. In the end I heard the Debian Lenny (beta) netinstall was able to get them working and that was quite easy. The cards were detected by the installer and I could install via them (only a 128 meg USB key needed. It might even be possible with some old 64M one. The data comes over the internet.)

I haven't been using it a lot lately but I encountered no problems I didn't cause myself, only the ACPI seems to fail at times (when shutting down the light stays on)

All in all, I am quite happy with it, although I do miss Yast.

openSUSE installs fine on the EEEPCs. Have a look into the wiki and you will find everything you need, including the drivers, which are currently spread over multiple BuildService repositories. With openSUSE 11.1 the current EEEPC hardware should work out of the box. Herbert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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openSUSE installs fine on the EEEPCs. Have a look into the wiki and you will find everything you need, including the drivers, which are currently spread over multiple BuildService repositories.

With openSUSE 11.1 the current EEEPC hardware should work out of the box.

It didn't but I'm going to reinstall it more carefully. The thing is, if the network drivers aren't in the kernel then drivers on the repositories aren't that helpul.

Ruben

FWIW - from the WIKI openSUSE 11.0 An update from openSUSE 10.3 to openSUSE 11.0 can be made e.g. by using an external USB DVD drive. The repositories mentioned above do provide already all packages for openSUSE 11.0. If you want to use online repositories during the update, you have to copy and load the atl2 Ethernet driver manually. openSUSE 11.0 seems still not to provide a full set of hardware modules for the EeePC. Thanks for the tip though. It looks like a PIA but I'm going to try it because I was real unhappy with the Umbuntu version. Ruben -- http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.< You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one." © Copyright for the Digital Millennium -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Dave Howorth schrieb:

Ruben Safir wrote:

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openSUSE installs fine on the EEEPCs. Have a look into the wiki and you will find everything you need, including the drivers, which are currently spread over multiple BuildService repositories.

With openSUSE 11.1 the current EEEPC hardware should work out of the box.

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It didn't but I'm going to reinstall it more carefully. The thing is, if the network drivers aren't in the kernel then drivers on the repositories aren't that helpul.

Ruben FWIW - from the WIKI

openSUSE 11.0

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Different version?

The wiki entry has orginally bee written for openSUSE 10.3. But all drivers are available for openSUSE 11.0, too. Herbert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:26:31AM +0200, Herbert Graeber wrote:

Dave Howorth schrieb:

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Ruben Safir wrote:

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openSUSE installs fine on the EEEPCs. Have a look into the wiki and you will find everything you need, including the drivers, which are currently spread over multiple BuildService repositories.

With openSUSE 11.1 the current EEEPC hardware should work out of the box.

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It didn't but I'm going to reinstall it more carefully. The thing is, if the network drivers aren't in the kernel then drivers on the repositories aren't that helpul.

Ruben FWIW - from the WIKI

openSUSE 11.0

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Different version?

The wiki entry has orginally bee written for openSUSE 10.3. But all drivers are available for openSUSE 11.0, too.

I'm trying to install them now. Is 1.1 out? I just downloaded the DVD 2 days ago. I'm not sure how to install the madwifi driver. There is are several levels of changes which are confusing me not the least of which is that the RPM program seems to think everything is not installed while Yast seems to know everything is installed. I'm not certain what the name of the madwifi driver even is or where it was installed in order to depmode it and modprobe it. Ruben

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Clayton wrote:

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Does anyone know how I can turn the flash drive into a bootable install disk?

Hi Ruben,

There is some documentation on the wiki[0] but I've never used it myself.

h

[0] http://en.opensuse.org/SuSE_install_from_USB_drive

I've used these instructions, and they are well written and work great. I install openSUSE exclusively from a USB drive on my computers now.

C

I'm using a cruzer micro 8g disk and its not working. When I try to boot it, it says can't boot hdd or something of that affect. Ruben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Neil wrote:

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:

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Clayton wrote:

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Does anyone know how I can turn the flash drive into a bootable install disk?

Hi Ruben,

There is some documentation on the wiki[0] but I've never used it myself.

h

[0] http://en.opensuse.org/SuSE_install_from_USB_drive

I've used these instructions, and they are well written and work great. I install openSUSE exclusively from a USB drive on my computers now.

C

I'm using a cruzer micro 8g disk and its not working. When I try to boot it, it says can't boot hdd or something of that affect.

Ruben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Hi

Did you change the boot device in the BIOS? Is the USB stick set as bootable? What version of the EeePC do you have? (I had succes with this tutorial and an original (701) 8G)

Hope we can find it, but you can always use the install CD, a sub 2GB fat 16 partition and the original mkbootdisk

Neil

The hardware works correctly. I can install from an umbunto flash drive although that is only 2g flash Ruben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Neil wrote:

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:

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Clayton wrote:

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Does anyone know how I can turn the flash drive into a bootable install disk?

Hi Ruben,

There is some documentation on the wiki[0] but I've never used it myself.

h

[0] http://en.opensuse.org/SuSE_install_from_USB_drive

I've used these instructions, and they are well written and work great. I install openSUSE exclusively from a USB drive on my computers now.

C

I'm using a cruzer micro 8g disk and its not working. When I try to boot it, it says can't boot hdd or something of that affect.

Ruben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Hi

Did you change the boot device in the BIOS? Is the USB stick set as bootable? What version of the EeePC do you have? (I had succes with this tutorial and an original (701) 8G)

Oh BTW - it is a 2g surf (sky blue if it matters ;) )

Hope we can find it, but you can always use the install CD, a sub 2GB fat 16 partition and the original mkbootdisk

Neil

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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:11:00AM +0200, Neil wrote:

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:

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Neil wrote:

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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:

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Clayton wrote:

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> > Does anyone know how I can turn the flash drive into a bootable > install > disk? > >

Hi Ruben,

There is some documentation on the wiki[0] but I've never used it myself.

h

[0] http://en.opensuse.org/SuSE_install_from_USB_drive

I've used these instructions, and they are well written and work great. I install openSUSE exclusively from a USB drive on my computers now.

C

I'm using a cruzer micro 8g disk and its not working. When I try to boot it, it says can't boot hdd or something of that affect.

Ruben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Hi

Did you change the boot device in the BIOS? Is the USB stick set as bootable? What version of the EeePC do you have? (I had succes with this tutorial and an original (701) 8G)

Oh BTW - it is a 2g surf (sky blue if it matters ;) )

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Hope we can find it, but you can always use the install CD, a sub 2GB fat 16 partition and the original mkbootdisk

Neil

Hi

Where do you see the problem? Before installing? >> is the USB stick itself set as bootable? (fdisk -l <usbstick>, doe s it show a *?) Do you see the problem after installing but @ first boot?

which problem? :) The bottom line is that the instructions don't work on a 9.3 system because of some change in mkfs.vfat the file system that was produced wouldn't boot (and I tried a number of variation LBA 32, just 32

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Suse 10.3 didn't see that the first harddisk was used to install it (and was an USB key) so it put Grub on the MBR of the USB stick. This resulted in needing the USB stick to boot. When the EEE was booted I could remove the key, no problems. Using 11.0 fixed this.

Yeah, installing grub manually actually would be useful on the stick or the drive. I have no idea how to do that. With lilo is was easy.

Please answer all of my questions. You missed the question:

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Is the USB stick set as bootable?

Yes

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Oh BTW - it is a 2g surf (sky blue if it matters ;) ) Nah, just wanted to know wether it was a 701 or a 901 or a 1000 or a 63478162439642982347568924735723478 or something else entirely. You, my good man, have a 701 with a Centrino CPU, a Physon ssd and Atheros network cards, if I am not mistaking.

That would be correct. BTW - you need to change the default drive manually when installing. Otherwise it does just what you said, installs on the stick, which is kind of useless. Ruben -- http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.< You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one." © Copyright for the Digital Millennium -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org