Quote from: edurrant on 2007.12.25, 11:07:33
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With difference that you don't boot from the new partition but rather from the eComStation diskette. This could be the key !
I was also able to partially boot directly from the eComStation CD. So you might not have to actually create diskettes (and boot from diskettes). Booting from diskette images on the cdrom is much faster and more reliable than using real diskettes.
Quote from: edurrant on 2007.12.25, 11:07:33
The only problem for me with the approach you suggest is that it requires the destruction of the current system so that a new partition to be created on the SSD. I'd prefer to keep the existing configuration which would mean shrinking the partition in some way.
I also initially wanted to keep the pre-installed partitions. The eCS install did it's LVM-ification thing (assign drive letters) and rebooted a couple times. It even said it found and fixed partition errors. However when actually trying to do delete/create of partitions using LVM it complained that the partition table was corrupt. Only solution I found was to delete all partitions while booted under Linux so eCS install started with an empty disk.
Quote from: edurrant on 2007.12.25, 11:07:33
By the way - I presume you meant to write 1GB not 1MB memory key ??
Yes, you are correct.
It should have been:
1. create Linux USB bootable USB key
need one 2GB key OR two 1GB keys OR one 512MB key and USB cdrom
2. zip copy of eComStation cdrom to USB key (2GB key or 2nd 1GB key)
(also put eCS install key on USB)
** step 2 can be skipped if you have USB cdrom **
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there is another thread on os2world about installing on Eee PC - "Asus EEE PC 701 and eCS". I will probably post any further info there.