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Requirements:
1 eeepc 701
1 PC with Linux already installed
1 usb or sd 512MB schda
1 ADSL
The installation that I followed is via FTP, in practice it creates a flash / sd with the minimum starting and answering simple questions (which would also be installing a cd) download the package via ftp and then the next install.

Then:
1) Choose a mirror of Mandriva 2008.1 nearest to you, from this page but not downloaded the whole iso, instead enter the ftp site (you should be in a directory and type ... / official/iso/2008.1) and change to the directory ... / official/2008.1/i586/install/images
2) Download the file of about 12MB all.img
3) low-level copy the downloaded file to the stick / SD card using the dd command
(Must be root)
dd if = all.img of = / dev / sdx
(X indicates the device to copy)

Now you have a USB / SD "boottabile" with which you can start to do the installation.
Well, insert the memory stick or SD card and turn the eeepc, press ESC and choose where to boot.
If everything was done correctly you should see the installer from Mandriva after a few seconds.
When prompted, choose the FTP installation method and continue as normal.
Now follow these simple steps to optimize our distribution on eeepc:
1) Choose a standard level of safety
2) Choose to manually create the partitions, then create one single / choosing "Journaling reiserfs" as the type (this allows to reduce disk writes)
3) Choose the option that lets you decide which packages to install, so you can choose which desktop use, GNOME or KDE etc. ... etc. ...
4) do not recommend installing any software for servers, like apache. It 'a not a server eeepc
5) Install packages not possible, so as to leave at least 500MB free. You will always be time later to install what you want
6) Make sure you install GRUB to the correct device!
7) All hardware will be configured automatically (except wifi)

To configure the wifi, first check that the card is turned on (blue LED on).
Go to Mandriva Control Center -> Network -> Add Network Interface and follow the instructions to set up the wireless card (OF COURSE you have a cable connection!). Choose the madwifi drivers and enter the details of your wifi network.

And finally configure the disks are not written in vain (to safeguard the solid-state drive)

Edit / etc / fstab by adding the following lines to the end:

tmpfs / tmp tmpfs noatime 0 0
tmpfs / var / log tmpfs noatime 0 0
tmpfs / var / tmp tmpfs noatime 0 0
(With these lines, you will lose all data in / tmp / var / log and / var / tmp every time you do a reboot)

Finally make sure that in your fstab file system disk is mounted with 'noatime' option.
For example:
# Entry for / dev/sdc5:
UUID = 0c0701d1-5dc3-982d-4c9e-53ee393f1fb8 / ext3 noatime 1 1

If you use reiserfs option will be slightly different:
# Entry for / dev/sdc5:
UUID = 0c0701d1-5dc3-982d-4c9e-53ee393f1fb8 / reiserfs noatime, nodiratime, notail 1 1

Well now you have your own fully functional gem!

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