[sf-lug] Urgent help request with Asus EeePC

[jim stockford]

seems you want the EeePC to boot from the USB drive, yes?

knowing symptoms will help. what do you do, what do you see?


On Jan 31, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Sam Geffner wrote:

> I bought an EeePC to have on an upcoming trip.  I leave Friday  
> evening. I have been struggling for 5 days to get a bootable flash  
> drive with Ubuntu on it so I can install Ubuntu Gutsy with Hamachi and  
> VNC.  I followed the directions at  
> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09/28/usb-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon- 
> install/  and have a partitioned media stick which looks right but  
> doesn';t boot.  Clearly there is something about the bootloader that  
> escapes me.  Can anyone please offer some email support or even some  
> hands-on help [Noe Valley] before Friday?  Installing Hamachi and VNC  
> on the crippled Xandros that comes bundled with the Eee would also be  
> an option.
>
> Thanks all
>
> -- 
> Sam Geffner
> sgeffner at gmail.com  
> 415-648-7744
> 415-793-3562 cel
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