1. Preliminary
2. Partitioning
3. Installation
4. WLAN
5. Sound
6. Upgrade to Mint 11, Katya
1. Preliminary
Hardware of the ASUS netbook
Lamborghini Eee PC - VX6: based on EeePC 1215N
1 x USB 2.0 (left side), 2 x USB 3.0 (right side), Card reader, ...
USB 3.0 ports problem:
> I could not boot Julia live USB
> External hard disk not recognized trying to install LMDE
12.1-inch 1366 x 768 glossy screen
1.3-MP webcam
...
OS: Windows 7 (32 bit) on 4 primary partitions
Some of the following Terminal commands are requiring root rights
> live medium: sudo su, RETURN, command, RETURN
> installed Julia Gnome: sudo command, PASSWORD - not displayed -, RETURN
Code: Select all
inxi -F
...
CPU: Dual core Intel Atom D525 (-HT-MCP-) cache 512 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips 7199.94
Clock Speeds: (1) 1799.985 MHz (2) 1799.985 MHz (3) 1799.985 MHz (4) 1799.985 MHz
Graphics: Card-1 Intel N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller Card-2 nVidia Device 0a76 tty res: 125x36 Gfx Data: N/A for root user
Audio: Card Intel N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.23
Network: Card-1 Broadcom BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY BusID: 03:00.0
Card-2 Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet driver atl1c v: 1.0.0.2-NAPI at port dc00 BusID: 02:00.0
Disks: HDD Total Size: 330.1GB (9.3% used) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD3200BEVT 320.1GB
2: USB /dev/sda Card_Reader 2.0GB 0C
...
Code: Select all
lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 13d3:3315 IMC Networks
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
...
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:5071 IMC Networks
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Code: Select all
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
...
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
...
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
...
01:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0a76 (rev a2)
Download PartedMagic - a Linux operating system with tools as GParted, Unetbootin,...
About Parted Magic
Download Julia Gnome (64 bit)
Linux Mint 10 DVD 64bit
Of course you can download GParted and create a live USB GParted:
About Gnome Partition Editor
Check md5sum
UNetbootin:
live USB PartedMagic
live USB Julia
2. Partitioning
Code: Select all
fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x11b42f68
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13055 104857600 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 13055 15013 15728640 1b Hidden W95 FAT32
/dev/sda3 15013 38911 191963136 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 38911 38914 20824 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
Code: Select all
parted -l print
Model: ATA WDC WD3200BEVT-8 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 107GB 107GB primary ntfs boot
2 107GB 123GB 16.1GB primary fat32 hidden
3 123GB 320GB 197GB primary ntfs
4 320GB 320GB 21.3MB primary
19/04/2011:
Mint Julia iso-files are containing GParted 0.6.2 (LMDE -> 0.7), but meanwhile GP 0.8 is out.
PartedMagic 6.0 contains GParted 0.8 and UNetbootin and many other useful tools.
STEPS:
back up the files in sda3 (DATA partition only contains 2 folders/ 3 GB)
delete sda3
create an extended partition in the unallocated space
STEPS:
create logical partitions within the extended partition (at least one partition for rootMint)
suggestion:
Data partition, #1, > 10 GB , e.g. 10 - after applying -> sda5
root partition, #2, 8 - 15 GB , e.g. 15 -> sda6
swap partition, #3, ~ 3 GB , e.g. 3 -> sda7
home partition, #4, > 20 GB, e.g. 45 -> sda8
Creating partitions with GP: pay attention to the factor 1.024 for the size shown later on, e.g. for the size 3 GB choose 3*1024 MB = 3072 MB