On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 03:35:11PM -0400, Erik Heil wrote: > Was considering purchasing an EEE PC with the goal of installing Sid on > it. Went to the Debian Wiki, and I do see that they have a specific > customized version of Debian for use on it. However, since the EEE PC > does not have any serial port, which would be the easiest way to install > Debian on it?
You would need to check this, but I think it supports PXE in the BIOS, so you could boot from that if needed. Next, you need a kernel that will recognize the network hardware, so you can run sshd. Maybe one of the live Debian-based distributions will work. The key point is getting a kernel with the necessary drivers. Debootstrap will create a basic Debian installation on the flash drive for you. Obviously, you would have to create the file systems manually first. I haven't used debootstrap, but I'm sure there is documentation available. If this can't be done successfully now, it should be possible to make it work with a little effort. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
