On 2011-04-07, Rob Hurle <rob1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an EeePC 4G (the 701) and I'm trying to put Debian Squeeze on > to it. I've RTFM and read the wiki, and got to the stage of having a > USB stick that boots the netinst version. The EeePC is connected to > the Internet by a proven cable (not wireless). The USB stick boots to > the install screen (looks good) and I can use the touch pad to > navigate around that. But, when I choose anything from that menu, the > system hangs. CTL-ALT-DEL reboots, and it seems to be the only way to > get out of it, short of removing the battery. The power button does > nothing.
I am running squeeze on that model. In my case, however, I installed lenny from the Debian eee PC project, and upgraded from there. One major change in squeeze is that non-free firmware is not included in the default image. IIRC, the 4G requires non-free firmware for the wireless card. I'm not saying that this accounts for the system hang, but you can eliminate it as a possibility by using an install image with bundled non-free firmware. Another avenue to explore is a text-only installation. Does that allow you to get any further? > > If I look at the USB stick on my Debian system, this is what I see: > > rob@debianrob:/media> cd Debian\ 6.0.1a\ i386\ 1/ > rob@debianrob:/media/Debian 6.0.1a i386 1> ll > total 721 > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 27 2011-03-21 02:03 autorun.inf > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 2048 2011-03-21 02:03 css > lr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 1 2011-03-21 02:03 debian -> . > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 2048 2011-03-21 02:03 dists > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 2048 2011-03-21 02:03 doc > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 2048 2011-03-21 02:03 firmware > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 110070 2011-03-15 13:51 g2ldr > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 8192 2011-03-15 13:51 g2ldr.mbr > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 2048 2011-03-21 02:03 install > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 2048 2011-03-21 02:03 install.386 > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 4096 2011-03-21 02:03 isolinux > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 40572 2011-03-21 02:04 md5sum.txt > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 2048 2011-03-21 02:03 pics > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 2048 2011-03-21 02:03 pool > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 8761 2011-03-21 02:04 README.html > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 142516 2011-03-20 06:54 README.mirrors.html > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 76776 2011-03-20 06:54 README.mirrors.txt > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 398 2011-03-21 02:03 README.source > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 5373 2011-03-21 02:04 README.txt > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 319525 2011-03-15 13:51 setup.exe > dr-xr-xr-x 1 rob root 2048 2011-03-21 02:03 tools > -r--r--r-- 1 rob root 237 2011-03-21 02:03 win32-loader.ini > > There seems to be a lot windows stuff here, but there is a "vmlinuz" > file in the install.386 directory. Do I need to boot into the old > EeePC linux system and then run this? What am I missing? (Yes, I did > read the READMEs). I think the Windows files are for launching the installer from a running Windows environment. (I haven't tried that, so I can't be certain.) Otherwise you would boot from the USB directly (as you are already doing) rather from the existing OS. > > Thank you, > Rob Hurle P.S. Don't give up. Squeeze runs great on the 4G :-) -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnipr2jq.3io.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet
