After reading IceMs helpful post About keeping my Ext2 file format intact I went ahead with install to 8 gig flash SDHC. Thanks IceM and Anti.

I formatted flash drive as Boot, /, Ext 2 with Gparted (drive is sdc1)

I picked the save my /home partition option on page 3 of install and proceeded to install to sdc1. Everything is cool so far when it says"ok to NOT format and install Mepis to sdc1)

After files are installed, I tell grub to install on the MBR on sdc1. Not the root.

I reboot to a grub error 15, Can;t find it in first boot option or Normal boot.

Opened flash drive in Xandros to make sure everything is there and it is. That means something in Grub is configured incorrect, probably my fault. Sorry.

Here is my menu.list
I don't know where or why root shows hdo and hd2 when you can see that the kernel sits on sdc1. Kinda at a loss here. I am so close yet so far.

Figured I would use a screenie to show installed files.

Shouldn't the device now be seen as sdb1 rather than sdc1?

I'm not sure though. I've never tried a netbook.

This thread might help.


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Thanks Anti, I will do some homework with that thread. I have already used my editor Kate, to edit menu.lst as root. Just for practice I edited timeout from 15 to 30 and saved it. So I know I can edit menu.lst as root from Xandros. So I will try what is suggested in that thread after I read up on it a bit. Thanks again.

The Pendrive, was listed as sdb1 on install. Flash was sdc1. I hope it didn't change drive letters after install. Good point though.

Tried editing menu list. Saved changes but I must be doing something wrong.

My changes are saving. Tried renaming Antix flash drive as sdb1 from sdc1 in menu.lst. Tried renaming (hd0,1) to (hd0,0) but no luck so far.

Ran blkid as root in terminal. Here is what it shows with just the SDHC Flash as the only external drive plugged into netbook. Sorry I am such a PITA.
I am interpeting this readout as

sda1= the internal 4 gig drive inside of netbook
sdb1= the internal 16 gig SSD drive inside of netbook.
sdc1= the external 8 gig SDHC Flash Drive

So I don't think Anti that because there is 2 internal drives that sdc1 is correct for flash drive designation. I also had a brain fart when I told you that the live pendriive was sdb1. It actually is sdd1. My bad. Sorry.

I am now thinking of trying another reinstall. Because of all the changes I made to menu.lst. And I won't remember all I changed. If I rename it to old. Will AntiX 8 testing write a new list before it boots up or sh0uld I just start over?

For where you had /dev/sdc1 try
root=UUID=87b54bf3-d58d-418c-bf02-97bb3e48a226

Tried your suggestion Anti. Now I get a error when saving menu.lst. Acts like there is not enough room in file to save added changes.

Then mouse started freezing again when booting pendrive with live AntiX.
When it rains it pours, LOL.

So, tried a experiment. Since I can't bork this any worse than I already have.

I made up a SuperGrubDisk USB with Unetbootin and tried to see if I could fix anything in grub with it. Looked promising at first. Selected GNU/Linux. Then selected Fix Grub on drive sdd1 AntiX. That was Supergrubs identity for where AntiX was sitting. Went down the list saying all files were present and giving the ok. Then went into run and left me at the end of the run script line with a few dots with a flashing cursor just blinking. Gave it 15 minutes with no change so figured it was locked up. Tried different routes in Super Grub using manual and Auto also. No joy there either.

I am gonna take a step back from this for now. Let the juices settle down.
When I work on bike engines and hit a brick wall. Instead of throwing tools and cussing I step back and assess and think it through. I think that is what is needed here for the present.

I already blew away the install on the flashdrive and it is empty again.
I am also gonna dig up another Pendrive and start from scratch again.
I have AntiX 8.0 sitting on file that I can use to make a live USB though I don't see How it will make much difference. But who knows.

My Netbook is set up a bit different then the thread with the guys 701.
I have 2 internal drives instead of just one. I will change the uid if I run into problems onthe next try without touching anything else in menu.lst

I am pretty sure all my changes and attempts is the main problem right now so it will be better to start from scratch again. Came damn close to getting it working though. Just need a little more patience.

Hope you guys got a good laugh from all this. I am still smiling. Even when things go south and everything breaks. It is still damn fun.

Happy Trails, rokytnji

I'm missing something I think.
You have antiX on a usb key sdd1 and you are installing to sdc1. Is that correct?

If so from the usb or from Xandros

#mount /mnt/sdc1 (or where it is it might be /media/sdc1)
#update-grub

Reboot and scroll down grub boot menu

Try to boot by label. This way it shouldn't matter where it is.

root=LABEL=nameofdrive

Using uuid's should have the same effect but I have seen one os change another's uuids.

You have Xandros installed to the HD? You might want to just use Xandros's grub and add antiX to it. you would need to install grub to / for antiX.

You have antiX on a usb key sdd1 and you are installing to sdc1. Is that correct?

Yes that is correct.

For where you had /dev/sdc1 try
root=UUID=87b54bf3-d58d-418c-bf02-97bb3e48a226

I Did a fresh install of AntiX 8.0 this time. I used a Live AntiX 8.0 USB made with Unetbootin like before. Formatted 8 gig External SDHC flash card/drive as EXT 2,/,boot ,like before. Again I installed Grub to External Flash drive (which AntiX identifies as sdc1) and selected to install To MBR instead of AntiX / . Rebooted and Error 15 again. Opened Terminal in Xandros and edited menu.lst to"root=UUID=87b54bf3-d58d-418c-bf02-97bb3e48a226" as root with kate text editor. This time it saved my changes. Exited and closed everything. Reboot. Still get error 15. Opened grub using"e" to edit grub entry just to make sure my UUID line was there and it was. So That route/entry isn't gonna work I guess.

Blew away the install again. I am also gonna blow away the live USB key.
Getting a lot of practise at this LOL. I have been successful before installing EEEbuntu 3.0 to this flashdrive. Did it more as practise than anything else to familiarize myself with the process. EEEBuntu worked OK. I
just think that it runs to slow on a External SDHC flash card. So I am not gonna run it on this drive.

I wish to Keep Xandros on here because I have finally customized the desktop and package manger sources list to where I like it.

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S So I will keep experimenting and reading little by little because if Ubuntu can do it. I should be able to get AntiX to do it also. As another experiment, I am going to see what Puppeee does when I try to install and then Linux Mint Fluxbox RC1. Just for practise.

II appreciate and thank all you guys for your help and suggestions so far. Wish I had a better skillset with modifying Linux. Baby Steps for me I guess. I'll get there eventually. Practise,practise,practise.

Yahoooooooo, HeeeHaw and Cowpatty. After numerous and different edits,reinstalls,some more edits. I finally got AntiX 8.3 testing to boot up off of SDHC external 8 gig flash drive.

The Grub entry that works for a Asus eee 900 booting from external SDHC flash drive for AntiX is
Took me some time to figure this one out being just a knuckle dragging Linux Biker.

Spent some time changing uids, tried using LABEL and sdc1. Received Grub errors from Error 15,17,19,and 22 depending on what combinations I tried.

Now AntiX boots up and shuts down just fine. Normal boot on Menu brings up Xandros. I am one happy camper. Hope this helps out, Now after I catch my breath and settle down, I can start playing with 8.3 testing on this Netbook. Wireless works right out of the box by the way.

Well done for getting this working.
Hope it is worth it.

Enjoy!

Just some quick observations since yesterday.

1. Noticed Edit Conky is not in the Control Centre. So I edited as root through Terminal using leafpad. Picks up Battery as Battery0.Wireless should be atho . Works fine
2. This baby flies on this Netbook with no swap partition and with 1 gig of ram installed. Iceweasal Flies. All on a External Flash Card 8gig. EXT2 file system.
3. Slim theme switcher works fine. Touchpad works fine. F11 for expanding web pages works fine. F3 and F4 brightness keys don't function. (no big deal to me)
4.Cntrl+Alt+ Del brings up Log out menu
5. Cheese picks up the webcam just fine.
6. Cntrl+Alt+Backspace drops you into login for root in tty1 (I think, correct me if I am wrong on tty)

That is all I have checked out so far for now.

All in all, anybody owning one of these Netbooks (Asus eee pc 900, Pentium M, 1gig ram, 4gig and 16gig combo SSD=20 gig)
and wants to run a good fast distro that just works and flies faster than eeebuntu or easy peasy. And wants to run it on a flashdrive as a dual boot persistant
operating system (you still have 3 usb ports for storage). You just can't beat AntiX 8.2 as a Asus Netbook operating system IMO.

1."Edit conky" it's now called"Edit System Monitor" and it's under"System" tab in control centre. and you don't need to be root to edit conky, the file .conky2rc is hidden in your /home/user. i'm glad you managed to get antix booting on the ext2 external card.