The Eee_pc has a card reader from which you can also boot, so, if you have a cardreader, you can install on another pc onto the sd card and then just boot from that. I do not know about debian, but ubuntu has the correct ethernet driver at least from 7.10. You can also start using a live ubuntu cd and get orca talking, get a terminal and do your thing from there. I am struggling to get a kernel with speakup that will work on the Eee_pc. Regards, Willem
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Jason White wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Orca-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
