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From: Martin Gregorie on 7 Apr 2010 15:20 Asked on behalf of a friend (I don't have an Eee or I wouldn't be asking). I friend has an early Eee (probably a 901 - I didn't check while it was in front of me) which he doesn't seem to have upgraded recently. Today we tried to do so but were unsuccessful. "apt-get upgrade" ran OK through package list retrieval and dependency resolution but gave up at that point, reporting broken package dependencies, so it looks like something is stuffed in their repository. Apparently he's got this far in the past, but the Asus script-monkeys hadn't a clue (problem not on script) and were apparently giving random answers - he tried calling a few times and got unrelated suggestions, none of which worked. As his installed distro is almost certainly superseded by now, I've just looked at their site for a complete distro download, but couldn't find one. I found the directions for transferring the distro from CD/ISO image to a flash card and make that bootable, I reckon that if we can find a current distro that the machine can run then we can install it Can anybody suggest a way forward, such as a source for a new distro (CD and/or ISO image) that would run on it? -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
From: Tony van der Hoff on 7 Apr 2010 15:32 On 07/04/10 20:20, Martin Gregorie wrote: > Asked on behalf of a friend (I don't have an Eee or I wouldn't be asking). > > I friend has an early Eee (probably a 901 - I didn't check while it was > in front of me) which he doesn't seem to have upgraded recently. Today we > tried to do so but were unsuccessful. > > "apt-get upgrade" ran OK through package list retrieval and dependency > resolution but gave up at that point, reporting broken package > dependencies, so it looks like something is stuffed in their repository. > Apparently he's got this far in the past, but the Asus script-monkeys > hadn't a clue (problem not on script) and were apparently giving random > answers - he tried calling a few times and got unrelated suggestions, > none of which worked. > > As his installed distro is almost certainly superseded by now, I've just > looked at their site for a complete distro download, but couldn't find > one. I found the directions for transferring the distro from CD/ISO image > to a flash card and make that bootable, I reckon that if we can find a > current distro that the machine can run then we can install it > > Can anybody suggest a way forward, such as a source for a new distro (CD > and/or ISO image) that would run on it? > > It's Ubuntu, isn't it? I'd go for http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook
From: Darren Salt on 7 Apr 2010 15:59 I demand that Martin Gregorie may or may not have written... > Asked on behalf of a friend (I don't have an Eee or I wouldn't be asking). > I friend has an early Eee (probably a 901 - I didn't check while it was > in front of me) which he doesn't seem to have upgraded recently. Today we > tried to do so but were unsuccessful. [snip] > Can anybody suggest a way forward, such as a source for a new distro (CD > and/or ISO image) that would run on it? See .sig. :-) -- | Darren Salt | linux at youmustbejoking | nr. Ashington, | Toon | using Debian GNU/Linux | or ds ,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army | + http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/ If you think before you speak, the other person gets their joke in first.
From: Martin Gregorie on 7 Apr 2010 16:09 On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:32:53 +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 07/04/10 20:20, Martin Gregorie wrote: >> Asked on behalf of a friend (I don't have an Eee or I wouldn't be >> asking). >> >> I friend has an early Eee (probably a 901 - I didn't check while it was >> in front of me) which he doesn't seem to have upgraded recently. Today >> we tried to do so but were unsuccessful. >> >> "apt-get upgrade" ran OK through package list retrieval and dependency >> resolution but gave up at that point, reporting broken package >> dependencies, so it looks like something is stuffed in their >> repository. Apparently he's got this far in the past, but the Asus >> script-monkeys hadn't a clue (problem not on script) and were >> apparently giving random answers - he tried calling a few times and got >> unrelated suggestions, none of which worked. >> >> As his installed distro is almost certainly superseded by now, I've >> just looked at their site for a complete distro download, but couldn't >> find one. I found the directions for transferring the distro from >> CD/ISO image to a flash card and make that bootable, I reckon that if >> we can find a current distro that the machine can run then we can >> install it >> >> Can anybody suggest a way forward, such as a source for a new distro >> (CD and/or ISO image) that would run on it? >> >> > It's Ubuntu, isn't it? > I thought it was something Ausu had cooked up. Its Debian-based but apart from that it doesn't look much like Ubuntu. About all I know is that the recovery CD image (which presumably equates to a distro ISO) will fit on a 1GB flash card. > I'd go for > http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook > Noted. Thanks. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
From: Martin Gregorie on 7 Apr 2010 18:51
On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:59:33 +0100, Darren Salt wrote: > I demand that Martin Gregorie may or may not have written... > >> Can anybody suggest a way forward, such as a source for a new distro >> (CD and/or ISO image) that would run on it? > > See .sig. :-) Indeed I did. Thanks for the pointer. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |