[clug] Eee PC madness

[Mike Carden]

I love it when a Plan Comes Together.

--
MC
aka VK1MC
aka crash
 On 26/05/2014 8:14 pm, "Peter VK1PE" <vk1pe.peter at gmail.com> wrote:

> As usual, great advice and support (emotional and practical). Thank you!
>
> LESSONS:
> I discovered that I had used Ultimate Boot (with a downloaded 14.04 .iso)
> that puts a first-step before Ubuntu.
> So, the Eee lappy had a funk rather than installing Ubuntu correctly.
> Tonight, I used the other lappy and the built-in USC creator on the same
> USB stick.
> Bingo. No problem!
>
> Esc to get the boot options up;
> Allow the USB to boot;
> Select the Install button;
> Wait;
> Reboot;
> MAGIC.
>
> LEARNING ACHIEVED.
>
> Then, 112MB of downloads since the ISO was created. :-)
>
> Thanks, Mike and others.
>
> Peter
>
> PS: Now to use gparted on the USB to create a small partition for my files.
>
>
>
> On 26/05/14 04:12, Peter VK1PE wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> The Esc key got me in to use the USB stick. Thanks.
>>
>> There are other things going on, though, and I'm not getting to the end
>> of the installation process. :-( I'm still trying to work out why that is;
>> but, waking up in a chair in front of a non-working computer is interesting
>> only so many times.
>>
>> I'll get back with the follow-up when I work out more solutions, or
>> symptoms.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> On 25/05/14 13:57, Mike Carden wrote:
>>
>>> A quick online search seems to suggest that hitting either Esc or F9
>>> during power up should bring up a temporary boot menu (no need to mess with
>>> BIOS settings) which should offer a USB device as an option.
>>>
>>> It's been so long since I used an Eepc that I forget what I used to do.
>>> :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> MC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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