====== [hemmerling] The Notebook "ASUS Eee PC 901" ======
Related pages:
  *[[notebook.html|Notebooks]].
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  *[[asus_t101mt.html|The Notebook "ASUS Eee PC T101MT"]].
===== Hardware =====
  *[[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.
===== Debina Linux 11 =====
==== Debian Linux 11 Installation ====
  *Drives:
    -"SCSI2(0,0,0)(sda) 4.0 GB AT ASUS PHISN SSD" ( "SM-ASUS-PHISTON" ).
      *3GB Ext4 partion, Mounted at "/home".
      *1GB swap partition.
    -"SCSI2(0,1,0)(sda) 8.1 GB AT ASUS PHISN SSD" ( "SS-ASUS-PHISTON" ). 
      *Boot flag, mounted at "/".
      *No swap partion on this drive, due to lack of space with Debian 11.
  *Wifi hardware is detected, but no properly driver is installed.
==== Add Sudo ====
  *[[http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-sudo-on-a-debian-minimal-server/|TechRepublic "How to install sudo on a Debian minimal server"]], with "USERNAME" = name of the first and only user. <code>
su root
apt install sudo
su - root
usermod -aG sudo USERNAME
</code>
===== Wifi with Debian Linux 11 =====
==== Wifi doesn't work after standard Installation ====
  *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:<code>
$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
</code>
==== 2. Add "non-free" Component ====
  *Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:<code>
# Debian 11 "bullseye"
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free</code>
==== 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:<code>
sudo apt install firmware-misc-nonfree</code>
  *On Ubuntu, Linux Mint and their derivatives, run the following command:<code>
sudo apt install linux-firmware</code>
==== 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"]].
===== Resources =====
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