Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-02-07 Thread Eric S Fraga
Dear all, Apologies but work interfered before I could get back to the EEE PC. Thank you all for the responses. Very helpful. On Friday, 5 Jan 2024 at 18:35, Hans wrote: > Also, very nice, you can create a multiboot sd card, and stuck it into > the netbook, so you can boot from it several usef

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-08 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Friday, 5 Jan 2024 at 19:42, Hans wrote: > All are running 1,666 GHz (except the very ealy ones, EEEPC 901, which is > running 1GHz. Mine is one of the early ones, in fact probably the first version released. Thank you for your other longer post: very helpful. I will find a suitable SD card

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 08:21:00AM +0100, Marco Moock wrote: > Am 06.01.2024 um 17:44:41 Uhr schrieb Steve McIntyre: > > > The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the > > installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in > > the X205TA. > > Is that doc

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-07 Thread Marco Moock
Am 06.01.2024 um 17:44:41 Uhr schrieb Steve McIntyre: > The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the > installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in > the X205TA. Is that documented anywhere? I haven't found any information on this. The wiki only m

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
m...@dorfdsl.de wrote: >Am 06.01.2024 um 10:46:56 Uhr schrieb Leandro Noferini: > >> In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is >> 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative >> system, including kernel, is 64 bit. > >There was another thread (

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 06, 2024 at 10:46:56AM +0100, Leandro Noferini wrote: > Hans writes: > > [...] > > > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the > > EEEPC is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. > > In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the pr

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-06 Thread Marco Moock
Am 06.01.2024 um 10:46:56 Uhr schrieb Leandro Noferini: > In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is > 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative > system, including kernel, is 64 bit. There was another thread (maybe on debian-users-german?)

Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-06 Thread Leandro Noferini
Hans writes: [...] > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the > EEEPC is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:48:39 + Eric S Fraga wrote: > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with > Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of > my boxes and thought I'd

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 06:35:26PM +0100, Hans wrote: > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the EEEPC > is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. Which there won't be after the next release, or maybe for the next release. This is not something to

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Hans
There are different cpu's according to the release date. Mostls it is ATOM CPU N-450, but others use N-230 as well. All are running 1,666 GHz (except the very ealy ones, EEEPC 901, which is running 1GHz. Best Hans > > Which CPU does it have?

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Marco Moock
Am 05.01.2024 um 16:48:39 Uhr schrieb Eric S Fraga: > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? Which CPU does it have?

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Hans
Am Freitag, 5. Januar 2024, 17:48:39 CET schrieb Eric S Fraga: Me again: Second answer: You can easily install debian 32-bit from an USB-stickĀ· it is working just any other computer. Best Hans > Hello, > > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an As

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Tom Furie
Eric S Fraga writes: > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with > Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of > my boxes and thought I'd see if I can make use of it. It'

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Hans
Am Freitag, 5. Januar 2024, 17:48:39 CET schrieb Eric S Fraga: Hi Eric, the EEEPC was my best friend for many years, although it is rather slow at boot. However, once it is booted up, work can be done well. Mostly I used it for network analysis at my customers and of course office application

Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Eric S Fraga
Hello, anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of my boxes and thought I'd see if I can make use of it. It's currently running wit