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installation
Installing Ubuntu Server on my eee box
As previously noted, I got a neat Asus eee Box… but the thing comes with Windows XP Home and I want to use it as replacement for my e-mail & web server. So, what I decided to do is installing Ubuntu Server edition on it – my selection was based on existing documentation and how [...]
Get the system up to speed
There are some issues to fix, before we go on. First, we don’t have framebuffer and a lousy resolution at the moment; second, the dhcp does not work at startup (there is an error message about no dhcp client being installed, although dhcpcd is there); finally, I think it’s better to rebuild the whole toolchain [...]
Chrooting for the first time!
Well – some basic linux files are around, let’s get started. First, I needed to create the distfiles directory in portage and mount the appropriate partition: mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles mount /dev/sda8 /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles Now, we can continue with chapter 6 of the handbook. We first add some mirrors to make.conf (note that there is an error in [...]
The road to Linux
After Windows is now completely up and running, and after I also have updated my BIOS to rel 1202, I started with Linux. EDIT: After having some problems in the next step, I decided to start all over – and after some feedback on my original disk layout, I decided on the one described below. [...]
Windows is on
Well, here comes the next part – the client installation continues. Windows has completely updated itself in the meantime (and yes, I can see the whole 400G of the HDD now – I therefore also created a large extended partition sized according to what was left, and created a logical partition partition of 100G in [...]
