#ASPIRE ONE BOOT FROM USB INSTALL#
#ASPIRE ONE BOOT FROM USB UPGRADE#

first thing is insert these options in the defoptions sections so that they are applied upon kernel updates so,find the line : # defoptions=quiet splashДЄnd change it to: # defoptions=elevator=noop clocksource=hpet quiet splash There is also an option to reduce seek time. # SP: according to Linpus, for the multicard readerД«ecause there is a timing issue we can gain a whopping 0.00000000032 seconds on bootup, and every picosecond counts. # SP: Accelerate hibernation and reduce the image size & echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/5-5/power/level & echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-5/power/level Sysctl -w vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 # Don't shrink the inode cache aggressivelyД®cho ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governorД®cho ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governorД®cho 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecsД®cho 10 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio Sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1 # Strongly discourage swapping in /etc/rc.local add the following ( before the line exit 0). I found an interesting tutorial that gave some good tips. I actually had to reboot and fiddle with the wifi button (for me the led doesn't light up.ever) to catch some wifi signals, so good luck with that. Tar zxvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.ДЄt this point in your life you might be asked to remove old modules, if so chose r then: madwifi-unload so (this is probably already outdated): cd /usr/src The madwifi site is, IMHO, a tiny bit of a mess, i originally installed the wifi by getting madwifi-nr-r3366+ from but NOW, it seems i need to get madwifi-hal-0.10.5. (latest version) from.

#ASPIRE ONE BOOT FROM USB INSTALL#

for this we will need to compile the driver, and to compile the driver we will need to install some packages first so : apt-get install build-essential libc6-devx

having a tiny laptop with cables all over the place just doesn't make sense. Of course the wireless does not work right away and well, for me, before anything else in the world i want to rid the RJ45 cable asap.

#ASPIRE ONE BOOT FROM USB UPGRADE#

: ] sudo su # because i hate typing sudo on every lineДЄpt-get upgrade why fie (or as some say 'wireless' To see which SSD you have : hdparm -i /dev/sda IF you can, add some RAM, i am currently running on 512MB 1024MB of RAM and no swap, it's somewhat sad a lot better but and it's better than when the computer needs to swap on the SSD. imagine the speed at which you could manually be writing down your data to your disk with a ball point pen !! so the goal here is to reduce as much writing as possible ( i found out i have the 'slow SSD' one, don't know if there are faster ones.ДЄccording to this page that has a lot of the specs i actually have the faster one.)). NOTE about the 'disk': the disk has good reading performance, but writing. if you feel adventurous, don't use swap, otherwise do what you gotta do chose 'ext2', i heard there would be less disk blogging (journaling) going on.the interesting part comes up at the formatting step. then you can go through the usual process of picking your location/language/keyboard_layout/etc etc. Type 'live' or something to commence the install process. Press F12 during the boot of the acer to boot from the usb key.

Sh iso2usb.sh kubuntu-xxx.iso sda installing kubuntu IMPORTANT: in this case /dev/sda is the usb stick, if it's sdb or sdc, adjust accordingly apt-get install syslinux mbr we will also need to install syslinux so, as root type Now get this script from: and use it to do all the dirty work. make a bootable usb driveДownload the kubuntu.iso image by 'clicking' iso2usb.sh

yes i like KDE, and so voilГ , most things here should work with most distributions anyways.

:] instead of putting debian stable as i usually do i decided to go crazy and put. The acer aspire one is one of those new tiny laptops with an SSD disk drive, i got the one with linpus linux which of course is useless for someone who does 'things' with his/her computer.

Aspire one boot from usb