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1. INSTALL LINUX ON USB FOR ASUS EEE INSTALL
2. INSTALL LINUX ON USB FOR ASUS EEE SOFTWARE
3. INSTALL LINUX ON USB FOR ASUS EEE PC

I tend to use the advanced text mode in installers and this was no exception.

INSTALL LINUX ON USB FOR ASUS EEE INSTALL

Therefore by installing the server edition of Ubuntu I can install the base operating system, without any desktop, clean up the installation packages, make temporary space available for installing the desktop and then complete the installation. The latter space requirement is only temporary since after a package is installed the related. The trouble is when you install a desktop edition it will check to see that you have enough space for the OS, the desktop and the space to download the packages before they are unpacked and installed. I chose LTS because I want stability and long-term support, but the choice of server was down to the lack of space.

I used an external USB DVD drive and a DVD with a copy of Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS edition on it. This post assumes that the reader is either familiar with Linux and its command line or a very brave new comer! Although I have done my best to sanitise and check what I have said in this post, I will not be held responsible for any damage done as a result of following its advice. Make sure that you back up any important data before attempting anything. Rather than waste time by preceding each command with a sudo statement, simply switch to the root user by doing:Īnd then issue what ever commands you need and then type exit when you are done.

The instructions below assume that you have root privileges on the command line. I chose to stick with Ubuntu as they had originally supported the device when it first came out and so Unity seemed a logical choice of desktop. However, on such a small netbook the one thing on the screen at a time approach is much more useful. Normally I have no time for the more restrictive desktops like Unity and Gnome 3, preferring the so-called productivity desktops such as Gnome 2 or KDE. Well I succeeded and I am writing this blog post on the newly set up Asus Eee PC. See the problem? Yes 4GiB is very small for a modern OS and you don’t really want it running on the slower, larger device.

For those that don’t know it comes with two SSDs, one fast 4GiB device (that is supposed to hold the operating system) and a slower 16GiB device for user data.

INSTALL LINUX ON USB FOR ASUS EEE PC

The model of Eee PC that I have is the 901.

INSTALL LINUX ON USB FOR ASUS EEE SOFTWARE

Anyway the software on it was ancient and rather than throw it out I thought I’d install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and try running the Unity desktop on it. I have an Asus Eee PC that had the old Ubuntu Easy Peasy Eee remix on it (I think it was based on 8.04 LTS release).