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UPDATE

BIOS allows for booting from SD card slot, a program like Unetbootin can be used to configure a bootable SD card Ubuntu installer. lubuntu 16.04 failed to install, whereas 15.10 was successful. Decided on Xubuntu 16.04

ORIGINAL POST

If you have had success installing Ubuntu on the 1000HE: please state this in the first sentence of your response.

I was unable to boot from USB so I have a few questions. I tinkered with the BIOS settings (per youTube and other websites) and only the SATA HDD would show up as a bootable device option. ESC lists boot options.

Questions:

1) Is it possible to boot from USB? Maybe I missed a step. Bonus if you successfully performed this and reply with the specifics of the procedure.

2) What sacrifices / shortcoming should be expected with Ubuntu that are specific to the 1000HE?

3) Is there a technique to configure a SATA drive with another PC to install Ubuntu? The drive would be configured as bootable and the 1000HE would boot the drive and Ubuntu would configure itself. Maybe a transplant from another donor Ubuntu PC?

I found this link regarding Ubuntu and the 1000HE but the issues was with Ubuntu 9.04 in 2009. I look-forward to a post indicating success and pitfalls to avoid. Thanks

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  • It was sugggested in another thread that a16-bit FAT filesystem for the bootable USB flashdrive might be recognized when the ESC key is pressed. Tests with a 16-bit FAT boot was unsucessful. Wondering if updating the BIOS is the key to USB bootability – gatorback Jul 01 '16 at 17:03

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I've installed Ubuntu on an EEE 1015PX with no major hurdles.

  1. Where the USB drive won't show in boot device selection:
    • Confirm the drive is bootable on another computer
    • Read the computer's manual, or look through the BIOS settings, for any info about "boot from USB"
  2. Nothing specific, just don't expect the thing to be fast, since it's a 7-year old netbook. For that reason, you'll probably want to install a lighter flavour like Lubuntu.
  3. This answer says you can install Ubuntu on another computer, and just swap the drive - nothing too complicated. Just make sure you install the right architecture for the receiving computer. I suggest 32bit because the machine is older and only has 1GB of RAM.
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  • Good suggestions. Especially with questions 2&3. With regard to question 1: a known-good bootable Sandisk USB drive was used. Attempts to find \ Google EEE 1000HE and bootable USB did not bear any fruit. Attempt to configure Sandisk USB did not work. – gatorback Jun 25 '16 at 15:42