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    Netbook / Installation USB fails to start on my ASUS EEE 301

    I can't get the live USB stick to boot. The light on the USB stick is flashing so it is reading it. I get a blank screen with a flashing underscore in the top left corner of the netbook's display. Do I need to give it a startup switch? Do I need a driver? I have the disk that came with the netbook if I need something. I haven't connected the ethernet yet. Just checking if it will still load Kubuntu. It looks like I got Kubuntu 16.x on the netbook. I forgot what I did as I have not used it in about 3 to 4 years.
    Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

    http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

    #2
    Specs? is it one of these : https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834220880R
    19.04 is 64 bit only, and the netbook is 32 bit. It simply won't run on it. You need a 32 bit OS, which for *buntus will be 18.04 based ones.

    For this vintage system, you may need a non-live text-based installer, especially if you don't have at least the 2gb ram. The live installer needs that much ram to be able to load . Also, even with 2gb , Plasma will take more gpu and cpu horsepower to run than this single-core netbook can probably give.

    Even Lubuntu do not have the low-spec text based installer for 19.04, but their 18.04 version still has the 32-bit 'Alternate' installer, and I recommend this one as a good choice for the Acer.. There are other lightweight distros for old systems that will be more useful.
    Here is a good list of alternatives to consider:
    https://itsfoss.com/lightweight-linux-beginners/

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      #3
      Originally posted by claydoh View Post
      Specs? is it one of these : https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834220880R
      19.04 is 64 bit only, and the netbook is 32 bit. It simply won't run on it. You need a 32 bit OS, which for *buntus will be 18.04 based ones.

      For this vintage system, you may need a non-live text-based installer, especially if you don't have at least the 2gb ram. The live installer needs that much ram to be able to load . Also, even with 2gb , Plasma will take more gpu and cpu horsepower to run than this single-core netbook can probably give.

      Even Lubuntu do not have the low-spec text based installer for 19.04, but their 18.04 version still has the 32-bit 'Alternate' installer, and I recommend this one as a good choice for the Acer.. There are other lightweight distros for old systems that will be more useful.
      Here is a good list of alternatives to consider:
      https://itsfoss.com/lightweight-linux-beginners/
      Its a litttle older than the one you linked to. It's the 901 not 301. I remembered wrong. https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/Eee_PC_901/
      I think I prosably need the nomodset command? How do I do that with casper?
      Last edited by steve7233; Oct 04, 2019, 01:57 PM.
      Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

      http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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        #4
        You still need to have a 32 bit install iso, and Lubuntu 18.04 Alternate iso would be my recommendation.

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          #5
          Originally posted by claydoh View Post
          You still need to have a 32 bit install iso, and Lubuntu 18.04 Alternate iso would be my recommendation.
          It looks like Kubuntu-Netbook 9.10 "Karmic Kola" Release i386 (20091028.4) Is installed on it now. I know it's too old to risk on the internet. I will download something appropriate and updated as I can and then write it to one of my USB sticks and install that after I find an ethernet cable for it so I can use the internet safley.
          Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

          http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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            #6
            The Linux operating system that came with this is 64bit. I suspect it can run 64bit fine as long as a light wm is used. This thing has over 20 Gigs of HD storage but if I remember a slightly slow GPU and not much RAM so a light wm and so forth is probably good else it will be a bit sluggish on the desktop.
            Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

            http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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              #7
              I asked for 'ktorrent version of Lbuntu' and all it listed was Ktorrent itself. 'Real helpful Google'.

              Edit:It looks like the latest version of Lbuntu dosn't have a torrent version. -Why not?-. I will download it and then see if I can figure out to use Ktorrent to make a torrent.
              Last edited by steve7233; Oct 04, 2019, 04:02 PM.
              Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

              http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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                #8
                Originally posted by steve7233 View Post
                The Linux operating system that came with this is 64bit. I suspect it can run 64bit fine as long as a light wm is used. This thing has over 20 Gigs of HD storage but if I remember a slightly slow GPU and not much RAM so a light wm and so forth is probably good else it will be a bit sluggish on the desktop.
                Your cpu is definitely not 64 bit
                https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us...3-mhz-fsb.html

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by steve7233 View Post
                  I asked for 'ktorrent version of Lbuntu' and all it listed was Ktorrent itself.
                  The "k" through google off; better would have been google for "lubuntu torrent".

                  Edit:It looks like the latest version of Lbuntu dosn't have a torrent version.
                  Have a look at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/disco/release
                  The iso came down for me in 3 minutes, 279 seeders.
                  Regards, John Little

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                    #10
                    Attempted to install Lubuntu 18.04 32-bit. Got all the way to installing GRUB2 and it failed. I tried twice:
                    Code:
                    The 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot.
                    Also when It tried to detect my keyboard it got it wrong, so I had to select it manualy. Probably ASUS's own creation. I just choose a standard US keyboard. How do I fix the GRUB failed install?
                    Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

                    http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by steve7233 View Post
                      How do I fix the GRUB failed install?
                      Maybe you could:
                      • Boot from a super grub2 stick. The iso is only a 20 MB download. Handy to have anyway, it aspires to boot on any pc.
                      • Boot from the install media, try the OS, install grub-pc if it's not there, then run sudo grub-install --target=i386-pc.

                      Once in, running grub-install in a terminal window would at least shine some light.
                      Regards, John Little

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                        #12
                        Sometimes this can be from a bad disk, a bad iso, and from not having a network connection during the install, or it runs out of ram. These are common *buntu installer issues people seem to have.
                        If it is a live installer, try connecting before you begin from a live desktop session, and make sure you UNcheck any option to download updates in the background (this uses ram, which you do not have much of)
                        Also, I do still recommend the Alternate text based installer iso , as the live installer does everything in ram, and if you only have 1gb, this error could be one of the side effects of running out of it.

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                          #13
                          Rats it appears that my USB persistence live USB creator doesn't work with Lbuntu 18.04. I'll have to use muon to try something else.
                          Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

                          http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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                            #14
                            I tried installing it using the text editor and it boots now. The installer still couldn't detect my keyboard properly but it let me select one from the list. I choose a generic US keyboard to be safe.
                            Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

                            http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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