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eCS on an Acer Aspire One?
BigGoofyGuy:
I have an Acer Aspire One with Windows 7 Starter on it. It has an Intel Atom N455 (1.66 GHZ, 512 KB cache), 1 GB DDR3 memory, and 250 GB HDD. Can I install eCS 2.0 on it or should I wait for eCS 2.2? I have an external USB cd-rom drive to install it from. 8)
melf:
Hi Tom,
I have an older Acer One with Atom N270 I think. There was a problem with eCS Silver and also 2.0, but when I found the workaround way it was quite easy. I quote my posting on bugreporter (http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/view.php?id=2294):
--- Quote ---In fact this problem now is "solved". I boot up choose the right settings in preboot menu, continue boot and awaits SYS messages. To proceed install I have to 1) pull out the cord to my USB-CD 2) press Ctrl+Alt+Del 3) put the cord back again.
Install proceeds without a glitch, but 1) eCS is not able to make this Acer reboot - you have to turn it off when screen is black and 2)you have to pull the usb cord out till eCS begin booting, otherwise you get SYS-messages and it halts.
--- End quote ---
In eCS 2.1 and 2.2 I had no problem, except that the touch pad is locked when it boots up. You have to hold Fn and hit the unlock touchpad twice (I think) , Fn+F7. If there is no problem with the CPU it should work. (Backup your data and try it!). In preboot menu, don't forget to change settings for external CD boot. Good luck!
Also, the latest Panorama-version (if you have software subscription services) conciderably increased videoperformance.
BigGoofyGuy:
I renewed my software subscription recently. 8)
Thanks for the information. I will give it a try, after backing up the information I want to save. I have eCS 2.0 but I will check for eCS 2.1. 8)
I will check out the link provided. 8)
My Acer Aspire One is a couple of years old. 8)
This is a newer one but I thought I would show how it generally looks like. ;D
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=acer%20aspire%20one&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aacer%20aspire%20one
BigGoofyGuy:
'Error Query Geometry for drive 00. Code=08
Error Query Geometry for drive 01. Code=08
Disk 81 / Z : installed
OS/2 !!. SYS02025
OS/2 !!. SYS02027
'
I tried installing eCS 2.0 on my netbook and it stopped at the above. :-\
I will check out the link given in the above post reply. 8)
BigGoofyGuy:
I changed the boot settings to install from USB cd drive. It gets past the errors posted above. It keeps asking for the installation cd. :'(
I was able to get the eCS 2.2 beta demo cd to run on this netbook (see other post about it). 8)
Like my other notebook computer, it might be best to wait till 2.2 comes out. 8)
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