Just asking if anyone has done it: I need to escape from the hell that is Xandos!
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Just asking if anyone has done it: I need to escape from the hell that is Xandos!
Your best bet is to do one of the following:
1) Install Debian or Slackware from scratch. Both of these distributions give you a lot of control during the installation process that can be used to keep the install size down below 4GB.
2) Install a Linux distro that has been specifically tweaked to run on an EEE PC like Pupeee or EEEXubuntu:
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/#custom_eee_linux_distros
3) Do a "Poorman's install" for the CD (not DVD) version of KNOPPIX as explained in the wiki and forums. Create a Persistent Home to store your user files. This poorman's install will only take up 700MB and leave plenty of space for additional files.
Have both Knoppix.5.3.1.DVD.iso and pupeee on usb flash drive and am grub booting them into EeePC 4g . Also from there in Knoppix am Gprs connecting via mobile phone to web. Small cheap portable powerfull and everywhere. Original software is still on EeePC.
Wow! Is your network card recognized? My EEE 900 has an atheros chipset and unfortunately Knoppix doesn't recognize it. Maybe your earlier version uses a different chipset?
Also take a look at Mandriva - especially the latest 2008.1 release. They seem to be really excited about EEE support out of the box, although I'm not sure everything is open-source for the EEE
These are the details of the two Internet connection hardware from the connection wizard in Eee 701 original software:
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Description: Atheros Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter
Device type: PCI
Manufacturer: Atheros Technology Corp
MAC address: 00:1f:c6:7b:1f:fd
Driver: atl2
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Description: Atheros Communications, Inc AR5007EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter
Device type: PCI
Manufacturer: Atheros Communications, Inc
MAC address: 00:15:af:93:5a:ed
Driver: ath_pci
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And also I assume that this one is coming from my phone:
Description: ArkMicroChips USB-UART Controller
Device type: USB
Manufacturer: ArkMicroChips
Driver: ark3116
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A search in knoppix for ath_pci gives :
/sys/module/ath_pci/
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/ath_pci
clicking on the sub folders in these directories goes seeming reoccurring on forever.
A search in knoppix for atl2 gives : nothing.
On the storage in EeePC:
Index of file:///mnt/hdc2/lib/modules/2.6.21.4-eeepc/atheros/
Up to higher level directory
File: ath_dfs.ko 34 KB 02/12/08 01:00:53
File: ath_hal.ko 157 KB 02/12/08 01:00:53
File: ath_pci.ko 103 KB 02/12/08 01:00:53
File: ath_rate_atheros.ko 31 KB 02/12/08 01:00:53
File: wlan.ko 211 KB 02/12/08 01:00:53
File: wlan_scan_sta.ko 16 KB 02/12/08 01:00:53
Index of file:///mnt/hdc2/lib/modules/2.6.21.4-eeepc/net
Up to higher level directory
File: atl2.ko 36 KB 09/24/07 15:05:57
So I figure it is a matter of copying the files over to somewhere? in knoppix or altering the script in knoppix to search these directories.
Will wait here for someone who knows how to proceed.
Till then, you might also want to take a look at this Pupeee wireless on assus eee 4g for successful use of wireless on eeepc.
another thing that takes a while to find: alt+left click and hold down will move the (kde) windows that are too big for the eee screen in knoppix.
Just did a thorough "How To" style post at:
Knoppix: Is it possible to install that one ?
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=745128#p745128
Since there were a number of eee-specific issues being addressed, it made the most sense to post it there.
NOTE TO NON-EEE USERS WANTING TO GET KNOPPIX WORKING ON THEIR NETBOOK: Much of the advice in that post can be distilled and adapted for other netbook hardware platforms...
P.S. Sure; you can get a stock install of Debian going and do many of the desktop mods that Knoppix has done -or for those without the time to learn much of GNU Linux's internals and wanting a useful and functioning distro running on their netbook ASAP, you can just leverage off of Knoppix...