Help needed to recover Linux Linpus on Netbook?

JaseUK · 21 Jul 2010 at 12:35

Guys,
I have got a friends netbook which is an Acer Aspire One ZG5 Model AOA 110 which has decided for no reason to stop booting into the OS. He reliably informs me that Linux was installed on it. I did a bit of research with Acer and it would appear that they install Linpus onto these netbooks.

I would just like to say at this point I know very little about Linux OSes :confused:

He says that he has photos on the drive that he would like to retrieve. If it was a standard sata ssd or hard drive no problems but it is a ZIF 8GB ssd that is installed in the netbook so connecting it to something to pull off the files is out of the question.

I need to know how to get Linpus back onto the netbook (I assume by USB) and will it repair the installation already on there as I think there must be something wrong with the boot loader file on the original Linpus installation.

Any advice would be great, cheers

jack.mitchell · 21 Jul 2010 at 18:19

Have a look at:

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

That will install a linux distribution on a pen drive for you which you can use with installing, then you can retrieve your photos. You could also then re-install a new distribution if you so wish. I would suggest ubuntu for its ease of use!

Edit: Look at the thread below for the best OS to put on a netbook, all these will come with easy instructions on how to install and will wipe the floor with linpus

JaseUK · 21 Jul 2010 at 18:30

thanks for the info Jack i'll give it a bash

JaseUK · 21 Jul 2010 at 18:38

jack.mitchell said:
Have a look at:

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

That will install a linux distribution on a pen drive for you which you can use with installing, then you can retrieve your photos.

Is there a specific distribution to use as there are quite a few? It doesnt have Linpus as an option in order to retrieve the photos.

jack.mitchell · 21 Jul 2010 at 19:13

I would suggest ubuntu as its the easiest to use for beginners. It also doesn't have to be the same distribution to retrieve your photos.

JaseUK · 22 Jul 2010 at 13:10

jack.mitchell said:
I would suggest ubuntu as its the easiest to use for beginners. It also doesn't have to be the same distribution to retrieve your photos.

thanks for your help,

Ubuntu and the BIOS do not see the NAND flash drive so its a new one I'm afraid. As soon as I receive it I will install Ubuntu onto it.