From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [69.77.167.62] (helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KnQWT-0002dA-6m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:19:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9F7B5E060F; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 04:19:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f19.google.com (mail-gx0-f19.google.com [209.85.217.19]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77A0CE060F for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 04:19:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk12 with SMTP id 12so8199412gxk.10 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:19:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=a9srl1XkGzZdpfcBdf3aMcIA4X3Wk88A3Oeu/YDqCB8=; b=OtT9lIK9g8gMlkpknvsJ1j6ngEA4pHWNBrBqaEv/pCMhzg67V9pT7UYuie3JJ58BNh 8EqtyxAcWshvgLdWAo097MTvBeW0GmmOoShFbpWYLWn+20TWQlPACoCksMNIngAIK79U 9HAi/caC0AeZuIk2hQg1UduBiU9ANeMqMjpgI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vJ6aAxGoDhXzod9vo57BZk+rgz1edU0vJAEqZfdLLIm/Uw2eOk8tAsGBS7IF3fJFc1 7zgmvIcgVxL540Bfhhoht8BUic+/XfB9MiolCzQ9a9w7d7nHtamLiAw2uLATZMnmwlsM EDAVFP5z6n2amf3LGu0eIQqbJN8L020uoFo/U= Received: by 10.151.108.21 with SMTP id k21mr11105196ybm.151.1223439576459; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:19:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.19? (bas8-montreal02-1096663983.dsl.bell.ca [65.93.195.175]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k8sm902694qba.5.2008.10.07.21.19.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:19:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48EBFC6D.9080008@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:18:53 -0400 From: Simon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080707) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive References: <49bf44f10810060801q22eb4e11h125ef44199c3d903@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10810060801q22eb4e11h125ef44199c3d903@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c3129367-edfd-4b98-8384-c66f7f6014fb X-Archives-Hash: 55090866143c8194a24dd1bc51486562 Hey Grant, I'm the owner of an EeePC 701 (though it recently became defective, i'm opening a case with asus for repairs...). First thing i did was to burn Slax 6 (see slax @ http://www.slax.org/) on a USB key, boot it and `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdc` (bye bye lite-version-of-xandros-for-kids-or-retards-only). Slax comes with scripts to automate the process of making the key bootable. Go into the bios while the key is in, and you will be able to choose your "USB Megacorp key drive" (or whatever) as the boot device, reboot and enjoy a very nice, complete, full featured linux distribution. It should easilly become your rescue disk for your EeePC. From there, you will simply follow all instructions for installing gentoo on your sdd hd in a chrooted environment. This will work exactly like with the cd (well, you'll have to work with it as if it was a network install and download the relevant packages). Slax comes with konqueror as the browser, but you can download modules to get firefox instead and simply place them in the key, if i remember right at //slax/modules/. Have fun! Grant wrote: > I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure > how to go about it without a CD drive. I'm sure there are many exotic > options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new > stuff to get this done. Can anyone recommend a simple method? I have > a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN > running Gentoo. No USB drive though. > > - Grant > >