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Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby Sleaver » Thu May 07, 2009 9:36 am

Hi Folks,

I'm still trying to get Ubuntu on my amilo notebook :?
After reading this topic link I tried a USB boot and serval live cd boots (also 9.4 yaunty). None of these boots works and I don't have a possibility of making a netboot.

A friend of mine is now trying to compile the special ubuntu kernel (mentioned by KiAnKo here) in ubuntu 8.4 to make a working live cd but so far no success.

Does anyone have a successful way of installing linux on these notebooks?? Because my whole class got this notebook and serval people want to run ubuntu.

Some help here is really appreciated ;)

Thanks in advance :!:


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Re: Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby Sleaver » Mon May 11, 2009 12:24 pm

Anyone??
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Re: Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby hikaru » Wed May 13, 2009 9:39 am

Why can't you do a netboot? If you installed Ubuntu once successfully on one machine you can simply copy the HDD to other machines if all of your classmates have the same.

Maybe you should try another distribution. Besides Slackware and Fedora the latest version of openSuse works too as far as I know.
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Re: Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby Sleaver » Wed May 13, 2009 12:02 pm

Thanks for your reply :D ,

Ok ill try that.

But how do I get the DVD, Wireless and audio work (and all the other hardware that doesn't work)??

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Re: Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby hikaru » Wed May 13, 2009 12:50 pm

KiAnKo wrote it down here:
https://www.amilo-forum.com/topic,1429,15,-Installing-linux-on-FSC-Amilo-Xa-2528-24p.html#p8112

And as far as I remember, the problem with the DVD drive is only that you can't boot with the vanilla kernel. Other operations should work.
Which devices do you mean with "all the other hardware"?
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Re: Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby Sleaver » Wed May 13, 2009 2:15 pm

I heard there where more devices that wouldn't work or am I wrong??
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Re: Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby marksken » Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:16 pm

Any luck to get the dvd-drive working ?

There is a config for kernel 2.6.29 but i have no compiling skils if you want i send you the config file

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Re: Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby Sleaver » Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:22 pm

I used the ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix and it seems to be working fine only the dvd drive isn't working (installation needs to be done by usb).

I think we need to wait till 9.10 or 10.04 to solve this last problem.
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Re: Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby marksken » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:35 am

Here you can find a live-cd that works and that boots and installs on our xa2528 with working dvd-drive

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... ost7458804
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Re: Linux on FSC Amilo XA 2528?

Postby KiAnKo » Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:26 am

Hi!

Maybe a little late, but a better way to install UBUNTU (without doing new kernal) might be using the "mini.iso" found here:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ or
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/ [64-bit version]

(change "jaunty" for new versions in the future, or starta http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/)

Now everything should work...

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