CrunchBang Linux Forums - Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (Geoff 42) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:13:04 +0000

m0nk3ym4n wrote:

Geoff 42 wrote:
When I try and boot the memory stick on the HP 2133, it reports "System disk invalid",
which I take to mean that it is not bootable.
Oh I know what the problem was! Is your flash drive bigger than 1 gig? I was trying to use a 4 gig Lexar but then read that you have to use something 1 gig or smaller!

Yes, I can confirm that I was using a 4GB memory stick, from SanDisk, so that would fit in with
your report. I haven't got a small stick to try for confirmation.

Thank you

Geoff

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (m0nk3ym4n) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:54:06 +0000

Geoff 42 wrote:

m0nk3ym4n wrote:
That is really bizarre man, the trick is to flash to F.04 I found and then Crunchbang loaded right up. To be honest I wasn't totally blown away by Crunchbang and not sure if the distro is for me.
I had the same experience you mentioned earlier. I downloaded the sp40310.exe from HP to downgrade my
bios from 05 to 04. I ran it on a Win XP box, which seemed to work ok. When I try and boot the memory stick
on the HP 2133, it reports "System disk invalid", which I take to mean that it is not bootable.
Have you managed to get round this problem?
Geoff

Oh I know what the problem was! Is your flash drive bigger than 1 gig? I was trying to use a 4 gig Lexar but then read that you have to use something 1 gig or smaller!

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (Geoff 42) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:24:37 +0000

Geoff 42 wrote:

When I try and boot the memory stick
on the HP 2133, it reports "System disk invalid", which I take to mean that it is not bootable.
Geoff

I have now borrowed a USB CD/DVD drive.
On my Win XP box I burned the ISO from the HP download sp40310.exe
onto a CD, using InfraRecorder.
The 2133 booted cleanly from the USB CD/DVD drive and installed
F.04 as the bios.

Geoff

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (Geoff 42) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:29:37 +0000

m0nk3ym4n wrote:

That is really bizarre man, the trick is to flash to F.04 I found and then Crunchbang loaded right up. To be honest I wasn't totally blown away by Crunchbang and not sure if the distro is for me.

I had the same experience you mentioned earlier. I downloaded the sp40310.exe from HP to downgrade my
bios from 05 to 04. I ran it on a Win XP box, which seemed to work ok. When I try and boot the memory stick
on the HP 2133, it reports "System disk invalid", which I take to mean that it is not bootable.

Have you managed to get round this problem?

Geoff

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (m0nk3ym4n) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:20:54 +0000

That is really bizarre man, the trick is to flash to F.04 I found and then Crunchbang loaded right up. To be honest I wasn't totally blown away by Crunchbang and not sure if the distro is for me.

I did just get a HP Tx2604ca which is basically one of the newer non multitouch laptop/tablets so I was thinking about shipping my 2133 home to my family with Ubuntu on it or something.

Anyway though, glad to see you got it up and running. I really do wish I had waited and gotten a MiniNote with an Atom processor instead =(

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (Zed) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:27:54 +0000

Update: everything is working, with the exception of the internal mic.

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (Zed) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:46:40 +0000

I booted the 8.10.02 SDE LiveCD from a USB stick using xforcevesa without any glitch, and everything worked fine. But when I tried to install the OS I got stuck on the partitioning stage. I get a blank partition table -- nothing shows up, as if I don't have a hard disk. Weird.

edit: Tried repartioning the hdd using Parted Magic via USB stick. Success! Now the installation is going through.

(My firmware version is F.02)

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (Zed) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:54:51 +0000

m0nk3ym4n wrote:

How did your installation go Zed?

Just got back from the store. I have some work to do atm, but I'm trying the install late at night. Stay tuned :P

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (m0nk3ym4n) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:52:26 +0000

Zed wrote:

I'm buying a 2133/KX869AT tomorrow and I have plans to install #! on it.
Maybe we can help each other on the way ;)

How did your installation go Zed?

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (m0nk3ym4n) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:24:00 +0000

Used these links to try and downgrade my bios to F.04 but after formatting the flash drive I put it in the MiniNote 2133 and it just said that the disk was unrecognizable or something.

Links here for instructions and disk/usb creator for F.04.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp40001-40500/sp40310.html
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp40001-40500/sp40310.exe

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (m0nk3ym4n) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:18:51 +0000

ggarron wrote:

Sorry, I could not help you, and yes it seems you are right about xforcevesa
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions
this may interest you.
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-969172.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=965542
regards and sorry.

Thanks for the links, I'm going to downgrade back to F.04 and see what happens.

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (m0nk3ym4n) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:12:22 +0000

Yeah the new bios is F.05, but the random restarting problems I should mention happen in both XP and Ubuntu so not sure what to think of that.

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (Zed) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:07:46 +0000

m0nk3ym4n wrote:

Have the new bios and everything.

For all that I've read the new bios (F05, correct?) is somewhat problematic for Intrepid. Downgrading to F04 is usually recommended.

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (m0nk3ym4n) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:22:21 +0000

Zed wrote:

I'm buying a 2133/KX869AT tomorrow and I have plans to install #! on it.
Maybe we can help each other on the way ;)

If it works for you first try, I'm definitely going to have to ship mine back. Sometimes it just restarts for no apparent reason, which I find bizarre. Have the new bios and everything. Can't remember what the last tech said it might be. I think he/she recommended that I use it in safe mode constantly (when in XP) and see if it restarts then, if not it's not their problem!

Re: Installing #! on MiniNote 2133

dummy@example.com (Zed) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:01:20 +0000

I'm buying a 2133/KX869AT tomorrow and I have plans to install #! on it.

Maybe we can help each other on the way ;)