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| − | This laptop is free from legacy devices such as CD/DVD so installation is a bit trickier than the average laptop. I first attempted to install using the goodbye-microsoft.com installer from Vista. To get the menu visible in the Vista version I used I had to type this into an Admin cmd.exe: | + | This laptop is free from legacy devices such as CD/DVD so installation is a bit trickier than the average laptop. I first attempted to install using the [http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ Goodbye Microsoft] installer from Vista. To get the menu visible in the Vista version I used I had to type this into an Admin cmd.exe: |
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Revision as of 17:40, 2 October 2008
Installation
This laptop is free from legacy devices such as CD/DVD so installation is a bit trickier than the average laptop. I first attempted to install using the Goodbye Microsoft installer from Vista. To get the menu visible in the Vista version I used I had to type this into an Admin cmd.exe:
bcdedit.exe /timeout 5
A couple of reboots later I gave up on this method as the menu item refused to boot with the reason that it couldn't find the "g2lbr.mbr" file, or that it might be corrupt.
Next up.. I grabbed a legacy-device, USB DVD drive ;). Netinst went fine and after booting up the system I installed the 2.6.26 package from a USB stick and ethernet was up and running. I'm still fighting with X and wifi, so I'll update this page later.
