Re: [gentoo-user] Installing on an eee-pc 1000H

[James Ausmus]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I'm trying to install Gentoo on a new eee-pc but falling at the first
> hurdle. I've followed the instructions on making a boot USB stick in
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml but the machine doesn't recognise
> the stick at boot time. It's a 4GB stick so I made a FAT-32 partition
> occupying the whole space, using mkdosfs, then copied the contents of
> install-x86-minimal-20090915.iso following the instructions. I did all the
> things I was told to, but at the next boot the BIOS calls the stick merely
> a "removable device", not a USB disk, and then it doesn't boot from it.
>
>
A basic thing to check - make sure your BIOS is set to boot the removable
device before the internal HDD - you have to do this with the USB stick
inserted, and (if the 1000H is anything like the 900A), it will revert to
internal HDD first any time you boot w/o the USB stick inserted.

Oh, and "removable device" is fine - the BIOS doesn't have the smarts to
know if it's a USB stick, an external USB HDD, an SD card through a USB
adapter, or ???

HTH

-James






> Can anyone tell me if that web page is up to date and complete? I notice it
> doesn't say to make the _stick_ bootable, only the partition on it.
>
> TIA.
>
> --
> Rgds
> Peter
>
>