====== [hemmerling] The Notebook "ASUS Eee PC 901" ======
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===== Hardware =====
==== Configuration ====
*Asus EE 901, BIOS
*"Boot / Boot Settings - Boot Device Priority".
*"1st Boot Device": "[USB:USB USB Flash ]".
*"Boot / Boot Settings - Hard Diks Drives".
*"1st Drive - [USB: USB USB Flash]" - For software installation by USB stick.
*"2nd Drive - [HDD:SS-ASUS-PHISON]" -> 8 Gbyte size.
*"3rd Drive - [HDD:SM-ASUS-PHISON]" -> 4 GByte size.
==== Resources ====
*[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC|EN.Wikipedia: "ASUS Eee PC"]], [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC|DE.Wikipedia: "ASUS Eee PC"]].
*[[http://geizhals.at/deutschland/?fs=eee+901|Geizhals.AT "eee 901"]].
*HDD installation.
*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJdNQk5AfkE|YouTube: "How to add more storage to Asus Eee PC 901"]] - note that some ASUS 901 items don´t have the interface to install HDD hard drives and CompactFlash hard drives.
*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdm9iNtbhAg&NR=1|YouTube: "Super Talent 64GB MLC SSD for Eee PC 901/900A/701-7A/702/100"]].
*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMh9hfeN87M|YouTube: "Super Talent 64GB SSD for Eee PC Problems with Power Saving"]] of the Super Hybride Engine.
===== Debinan Linux =====
==== Debian Linux 12 Installation ====
*For installation, set "Hard Disk Drives" order:
-"1st Drive [USB:SMI USB DISK]" - Installation USB.
-"2nd Drive [HDD:SS-ASUS-PHISON]" - Boot drive with GRUB boot loader.
-"35d Drive [HDD:SM-ASUS-PHISON]" - "/home" & swap partition.
*Basics:
*Language = English.
*Format = Ireland => Disadvantage, clock is set to UTC for Ireland instead to UTC+1 for Germany :-(.
*Keyboard = German.
*Drives:
-"SCSI2(0,0,0)(sda) 4.0 GB AT ASUS PHISN SSD" ( "**SM**-ASUS-PHISTON" ).
*2GB Ext4 primary partion, Mounted at "/home".
***2GB swap** //logical// partition.
-"SCSI2(0,1,0)(sdb) 8.1 GB AT ASUS PHISN SSD" ( "**SS**-ASUS-PHISTON" ).
*8.1GB Ext4 primary partion, boot flag, mounted at "/".
*No swap partion on this drive, due to lack of space with Debian 12. Note that "/tmp" and "/var/tmp" are also on this drive!
*Install the GRUB boot loader. "Device for bot loader installation:".
-"Enter device manually".
-"/dev/sda (ata-ASUS-PHISON_SSD_SOQ1782266)"
-"/dev/sdb (ata_ASUS-PHISON_SSD_SOQ2783202)".
*Suggestion to install boot loader GRUB on the primary drive ( "**sda**" ).
*"/dev/sda" will install GRUB to your primary drive ( UEFI partition / boot record ).
*"/dev/sdb" will install GRUB to a secondary drive.
*"Software selection".
*[x] Debian desktop environment.
*[x] GNOME.
*[x] SSH Server.
*[x] standard system utilities.
*After installation, set "Hard Disk Drives" order:
-"1st Drive [HDD:**SM**-ASUS-PHISON]" - "sda", "/home", boot loader GRUB.
-"2nd Drive [HDD:**SS**-ASUS-PHISON]" - "sdb".
==== Wifi with Debian Linux 12.10 ====
*Wifi works fine after installation :-).
==== Wifi with Debian Linux 11 ====
=== Wifi doesn't work after standard Installation ===
*Wifi hardware is detected, but no properly driver is installed :-(.
*Error boot message "firmware: failed to load rt2870.bin".
*Effect:
*If Wifi is enabled, there is no access to the local network ( e.g. 192.168.168.* ), just access to Internet.
*If Wifi is disabled, access both to the local network ( e.g. 192.168.168.* ) and Internet.
*If you disable Wifi by Debian desktop menu item ( "Turn Off" ), you must press the ALT-F2 key combination to turn it on again. First you are in "Flight Mode". You may leave "Flight Mode" by the Debian desktop menu.
=== 1. Hardware Check ===
*[[http://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General-Read-Only/Vostro-1000-Linux-wifi/td-p/2814813|Dell Community "Vostro 1000 Linux wifi"]] - Check detected hardware:
$sudo lspci -v
01:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe
Subsystem: Ralink corp. RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe
Physical Slot: eeepc-wifi
Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
Kernel modules: rt2800pci
=== 2. Add "non-free" Component ===
*Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
# Debian 11 "bullseye"
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
=== 3. Install Packages ===
*[[http://www.suay.site/?p=2063|Life of a webmaster. Another web-master's blog "Linux does not see Wi-Fi on Realtek chipset. 'firmware: failed to load rt2870.bin' error (SOLVED)"]], 2022.
*In Debian Linux and Kali Linux, the rt2870.bin firmware is placed in the firmware-misc-nonfree package, install it:
sudo apt install firmware-misc-nonfree
*On Ubuntu, Linux Mint and their derivatives, run the following command:
sudo apt install linux-firmware
==== Linux Resources ====
*[[http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware|Debian Wiki "Firmware"]].
*[[http://www.google.com/search?q=firmware+failed+to+load+rt2860.bin|Google - Search for "firmware failed to load rt2860.bin"]].
===== Installing Linux on Asus EEE 901 =====
==== Configuration ====
*Asus EE 901, BIOS
*"Boot / Boot Settings - Boot Device Priority".
*"1st Boot Device": "[USB:USB USB Flash ]".
*"Boot / Boot Settings - Hard Diks Drives".
*"1st Drive - [USB: USB USB Flash]".
*"2nd Drive - [HDD:SS-ASUS-PHISON]" -> 8 Gbyte size.
*"3rd Drive - [HDD:SM-ASUS-PHISON]" -> 4 GByte size.
===== Software =====
*xepc ( [[http://xepc.sourceforge.net/|Sourceforge: "xepc"]], [[http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/xepc/|Sourceforge: "xepc"]] ) - upgrade disc for upgrading default Eee PC installation to latest software collections and extra functions.
===== Resources =====
*[[http://vip.asus.com/forum/|ASUS Support]].
*[[http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20080824065750031&board_id=20&model=Eee+PC+901%2FXP&page=1&SLanguage=en-us|ASUS Support: ": [Sharing]Installing Xandros on Eee pc 901"]].
*[[http://forum.eeeuser.com/index.php?/topic/62602-boot-issues-with-boot-order-of-devices/|eeeuser Forum, Thread "Boot issues with boot order of devices"]].
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