Salix on Aspireone ZG5

[tsuren]

Just reporting that Salix was installed nicely on Aspire one ZG5 machine. After the installation, everything just worked out of the box. (ok, just needed to correct some xorg.conf, as the machine has this strange 1024x600 resolution). Webcam as well as all the card readers worked, which was not the case with ZW.

To install:
1. download the iso
2. start unetbootin (e.g. by typing unetbootin in terminal) and make a bootable usb stick
3. start your machine with the usb stick on (NB. make sure that the bios of the box is configured properly so that it reads the usb stick before its harddrive for booting).
4. start the installation procedure first by selecting your keyboard layout. (NB: better not select minor keyboard layout as this may fail installation later on - stick to the commonest one, such as US, DE, FR.)
5. exit the setup
6. type in:

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 mkdir salix
 mount /dev/sdb1 /salix
 setup

7. follow the installation procedure, and when asked from which source you would like to install salix, select from hard drive. Then type in /salix, enter, and again /salix then enter.
8. complete the installation procedure.
Minor configurations
9. if you wish to remove "windows" from the list of booting options, you have to modify lilo.conf (under /etc/lilo.conf).
10. modify xorg.conf (just cut and paste xorg.conf from here
11. update salix to date

[caitlyn]

Thanks for the tip! I tried to use unetbootin on my HP Mini 110 and it wanted a CD source or a location on the hard drive. /dev/sdb didn't do it for me. Your suggestion about exiting the installer and creating the mount point might just do the trick. I'll let you know.

[subsonic]

tsuren,

So after you installed Salix on your ZG5, did your right hand card reader work properly? Was it hotpluggable or did you have to have a card in it at boot?

and

What were the modifications to your xorg.conf?

[tsuren]

tsuren,

So after you installed Salix on your ZG5, did your right hand card reader work properly? Was it hotpluggable or did you have to have a card in it at boot?

and

What were the modifications to your xorg.conf?

The right hand card reader... That does not work for me right now. But as I can use the left one, I did not care so much. To make the right hand side one work (which I did when I was using Zenwalk), you have to re-compile your kernel using some options.

As for the xorg.conf. It is linked in my first post.