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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:02 pm

I think I have Arch on my oldest laptop, it was a pretty fun install I thought.

Then again, maybe I'm a masochist.

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:21 pm

Tenacious Travis

I think I have Arch on my oldest laptop, it was a pretty fun install I thought.

Then again, maybe I'm a masochist.

I ******** love installing Arch.
The install itself is cake, it's what comes next that is super fun time deluxe special grade two.

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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:05 pm

Is there any trick to get an Eee to boot from a memory stick? I cannot seem to get mine to. The memory stick should be good as it brings up Ubuntu on other computers. I have set the boot order on the Eee so the usb should boot first.

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:30 am

Deaux

Is there any trick to get an Eee to boot from a memory stick? I cannot seem to get mine to. The memory stick should be good as it brings up Ubuntu on other computers. I have set the boot order on the Eee so the usb should boot first.

Try using the one-time boot menu when you start it up rather than using the BIOS boot menu. You probably will have better luck with that.
I think you have to hold down either the ESC key or hold down F12.

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Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:27 pm

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Deaux

Is there any trick to get an Eee to boot from a memory stick? I cannot seem to get mine to. The memory stick should be good as it brings up Ubuntu on other computers. I have set the boot order on the Eee so the usb should boot first.

Try using the one-time boot menu when you start it up rather than using the BIOS boot menu. You probably will have better luck with that.
I think you have to hold down either the ESC key or hold down F12.

I got it up and running.Yay!
The trick was you have to disable "Boot Boost" to get it to boot from the USB. Involves pressing F2 then setting Boot Boost to disabled and set boot to boot from the USB first,

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