[Debian-eeepc-devel] Installation of Squeeze on a 1005HAB

[Robert James Clay]

On Apr 15, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Trent W. Buck wrote:

> Robert James Clay <jame at rocasa.us> writes:
>
>> SYSLINUX 3.83 Debian-2009-11-28 EBIOS Load Error - Boot error
>
> That means the BIOS has correctly loaded the bootloader (syslinux)  
> from
> the USB key, but syslinux is failing to load one or more of
> syslinux.conf, the kernel and the ramdisk.


      Problem does appear to have been a memory stick that wasn't  
quite big enough.   I put the installer on a larger stick and was  
able to run the installation;  however, it failed at the point where  
it is doing the actual main installation because it couldn['t find  
the web site, even though it identified (& I selected) the ethernet  
port for the network connection.  The installer stick I created was  
from the netinst;  I just did the minimal base install to get a  
working system, then later did a full install from a CD image on  
another (bigger) memory stick.

      That worked with no other problems  that I can tell and I am  
now in the (long) process of getting familiar with it and it's  
capabilities and getting the software I want installed on it.  (Also  
already decided to upgrade the RAM & the battery on it...)




Jame