Asus Eee PC 900

Hello. I have an asus 900 linux Xandros. I have never used this type of system befor so I am making mistakes. I finally found out how to update. terminal sudo synaptic. I went in and chose the updates I needed (and knew what they were) but as they were installing I turned off the computer (habit when I leave) and now when I turn it on I get the message: switch_root: Bad init '/sbin/fastinit'. Is this fixable? Any help would be appreciated.

Sab

hey guys im pretty new to the linux system i used to have a pc with ubuntu on it but didnt like the amount of work i would half to do to get anything installed on the system right now i have an asus eee pc 900 with xandros debian os and a 4gb ssd on it heres my problem there are no updates really for flash or mozilla that work well on the system not only that but trying to change my os system to one of the buntu os's have been difficult to say the least especially considering everyone has a different way to do it not just that but none really directed towards my specific eee pc with the original os installed i have tried several source.list with a few pins etc alot of witch have some difficulty's because of the sites usually being offline or outdated if anyone has a complete debian source list that everything works on and can give me hand or know of a site that i havent tried that has all the info i need it would be realy appreciated if not that a good way to get my usb drive to run a new os it would be really appreciated

                                                                                 sincerly 
                                                                                    totally stumped   

My girlfriend gave me her asus Eee pc 900 that says its designed for windows xp…

Question is How do I get Rid of Ubuntu Linux, I haven't been able to get into BIOS to boot from my flash xp
Because BIOS appears to be password protected & when I tried erasing the linux partition & formatting from inside linux it also asks for a password…., which I don't have at the moment..

What I'm trying to do is Enter BIOS & set to BOOT FROM FLASH drive…, so I can format the HD & install XP Professional..

So how do I get this thing to let me into BIOS…?

Well I use “Kubuntu Netbook” (karmic koala) edition (which is on it's beta stage) on my EEE 900 since it's alpha stages, and now I conclude that it's very impressive. The developers have done a real good job there. First I thought that the desktop experience on my netbook would be terribly sluggish, but then I gave it a try, and I saw that it is incredibly fast with KDE 4.3+ desktop even with most of the window compositing effects enabled. The only problem is, the plasma netbook desktop interface on Kubuntu Netbook Edition is only a technical preview and has some small bugs.

I have one of these. SLAX Linux runs well. The Ubuntu Netbook Remix was COMPLETELY unusable. I'm slightly confused at the response to the UNR, as when I went to the IRC channel, I was informed by many people that in fact, the Ubuntu Netbook Remix worked badly on every netbook. I don't know about that, but I do know it did not work for me.

I recently picked up an Asus Eee 900 (16GB) second hand. I previously owned one of the original 4G Surf machines. This newer one came with Windows XP pre-installed, and that lasted for about three hours after it got into my hands. I picked up a 2GB stick of memory, swapped that in, downloaded Eeebuntu Standard 3.0 from the Eeebuntu web site, and installed it on the machine. I also have an Acer Aspire One (AOA 150) with the 160GB HDD, but there is just something I really like about the diminutive Asus.

Eeebuntu is a purpose designed port of Ubuntu specifically for the Asus Eee laptops and as such, everything pretty much just works right out of the box. Version 3.0 is based on Jaunty (9.04).

Hi.. I'm very frustrated with my new EEE pc 900.. it has 4 GB ssd with the linux os and an intel atom processor…

My problem is, almost all 4gb is completely taken up as soon as I boot up the computer.. And, without even getting on the net, the space on the ssd starts filling up randomly… starting around 650MB.. and depleting to 0.. after that, my computer is hardly functionable.

I was wondering if anyone knew how to install a different Operating System on this unit.. I prefer to use a usb jump drive. An OS that I fancy is xubuntu…

PLease, if anyone knows how to di this, give me a shout.

Thanks,
John

Please look at this distro that is specially designed for Asus EEE netbooks (for all models) with preconfigured drivers etc. http://www.geteasypeasy.com/

  
  dear reader
  

  i have purchased a second-user eee 900 with
  a version of `Xandros` linux already installed.
  
  the operating system functions well with the 
  electronic hardware inside

          however

  there seems to be a lack of root user capability

  reseting to factory defaults only reformats a user
  home partition

  i find it frustrating and shall attempt to install
  a different operating system

  (my problem could be that the shop forgot to ask
   the first user for the passwords
   
                  or

  the machine`s OS is restricted for safety by the
   manufacturers)

  thank you for your time

            from 

            tim