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EEE PC 900 Linux Recovery Disk

  • 16-07-2008 9:56am
    #1
    XDA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 946 ✭✭✭


    Hi lads

    i've lost my Asus EEE PC 900 Linux recovery disk. Does anyone have one that they could copy and send to me ? I will of course cover the cost of the disk and postage.

    If you can help I'd be very grateful.

    Regards

    XDA


Comments

  • #2
    Stamen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭Stamen


    Check your PMs. ;)


  • #3
    qwertz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭qwertz


    Is there such a thing as a Windows recovery disk as well?


  • #4
    XDA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 946 ✭✭✭XDA


    Yes, the ones which ship with XP come with an XP Recovery disk (its actually a DVD i believe). Ironically, if you're not too concerned about copyright etc, you can find torrents for those if you do a bit of looking ...

    XDA


  • #5
    rinnin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭rinnin


    Sorry for hoppin in on this guys but thinking of getting an EEE PC (900) for my Ma for the kitchen.
    How do you do a restore / recovery on these if there's no CD drive?
    The whole house are MacUsers so wouldnt be able to link to a Windows machine if thats required.
    Many thanks


  • #6
    qwertz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭qwertz


    This might help:

    http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=1888

    http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=49370

    http://wiki.eeeuser.com/windowsxpusb


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  • #7
    rinnin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭rinnin


    Thanks qwertz but I'd be wanting to restore the original Linux software onto it from a Mac.
    Looks like will have to go buy an external CD-ROM then? :rolleyes:


  • #8
    qwertz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭qwertz


    Do you have a desktop PC?

    Edit: Sorry, just saw the Mac bit. It might be more economic to buy an external 5.25" enclosure and "borrow" a DVD drive from one of the Macs.


  • #9
    biologikal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 371 ✭✭biologikal


    rinnin wrote: »
    Thanks qwertz but I'd be wanting to restore the original Linux software onto it from a Mac.
    Looks like will have to go buy an external CD-ROM then? :rolleyes:

    Will the Mac not read the disk you have the original Linux software on or USB stick? If it does, I can't see why adapting the information the 3rd link qwertz gave you wouldn't work.


  • #10
    Ron DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭Ron DMC


    It's a simple method of copying the content from the cd onto a usb or sd card, then make sure that media is bootable in the BIOS.

    Bingo, it'll work just like a CD-ROM would.


  • #11
    biologikal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 371 ✭✭biologikal


    From what I've been reading, just copying the files from a CD-ROM unto an SD card, and making the PC SD-bootable isn't enough. The card has to have a bootsector area, which requires a utility to create, like the HP bootable flash utility I see referred to a lot.

    There is a lot of information easily gotten through google. It's not something I need, so I haven't delved deeper, but it looks simple enough (may be complicated by the user above having a Mac though). The links qwertz gave above are good starting points for anyone wanting to do it.


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