Hello,
I just bought an ASUS 11.6" R206S.
It is made by ASUStek in Taiwan.
Here the clean method to install DEBIAN on it. The clean method can work on any other machines.
STAGE 1: BACKUP WINDOWS 10 UNTOUCHED
1. Enter the Bios by pressing F2 (DO NOT LET WINDOWS TO START EVEN A SINGLE TIME!!)
https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1008829
2. Here disable EFI Secured boot
3. Get xfce debian iso
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/...ce-desktop.iso
use dd to make it on your usb pendrive:
Code:
dd debian-live-8.4.0-i386-xfce-desktop.iso of=/dev/sdX
// X is whatever you may want
4. Boot Linux Debian, add a 3-4 TB usb hardisk and backup with dd.
Code:
dd if=/dev/sda of=/western-digital/windows-10-backup-sda.img
5. make a md5sum for it
Code:
md5sum windows-10-backup-sda.img > disk-check.md5
STAGE 2: PARTITION THE DISK SDA
1. boot your live debian xfce
2. press alt f1 to go to console
3. fdisk /dev/sda
.make a DOS partition table by pressing o
.make a /dev/sda1 with fat16 (6: for fat16)
.make a /dev/sda2 with linux
.make a /dev/sda3 with linux (for your home)
.in fdisk, press a to make /dev/sda1 bootable
4. format
Code:
mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
STAGE 3: DEBOOTSTRAP ON THE PARTITION SDA2
1.You are going to use debootstrap to install Linux, the right way! Mount the /dev/sda2 to the /target.
Code:
echo umount
umount /target/proc
umount /target/dev
umount /target/sys
mount
mkdir /target/
mkdir /target/proc
mkdir /target/dev
mkdir /target/sys
echo mountbind
mount --bind /proc /target/proc
mount --bind /dev /target/dev
mount --bind /sys /target/sys
mount
pwd
echo get-some-coffee-it-takes-times
debootstrap --include=pciutils,usbutils,network-manager,net-tools,netbase,ifupdown,less --arch i386 stable /target http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian
echo most-work-done
2.Now, you can set the password for your root.
3.You can add some users, if you'll like or to do it later.
4.Change the /etc/hostname
5.Here you need to edit your fstab.
Code:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/sda2 / ext4 defaults,rw 0 0
6.Edit your /etc/systemd/logind.conf to avoid the LID to make issues.
Code:
# This file is part of systemd.
#
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# See logind.conf(5) for details
[Login]
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
#HandlePowerKey=poweroff
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
HandleLidSwitch=ignore
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
#IdleAction=ignore
#IdleActionSec=30min
#RuntimeDirectorySize=10%
#RemoveIPC=yes
STAGE 3: REALLY, USE THE RIGHT BOOT: SYSLINUX !!
1. On your Linux, install syslinux (apt-get install syslinux)
2. Mount the /dev/sda1 to /mnt/sda1
3. copy the /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/*.c32 files to /mnt/sda1/ (lazy way)
4. run syslinux /dev/sda1
or better:
Code:
dd conv=notrunc bs=440 count=1 if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
5. Copy the splash.png to the /mnt/sda1/splash.png
here the file:
http://s33.postimg.org/mnhg89scf/splash.png
640x480
6. Edit the /mnt/sda1/syslinux.cfg
Code:
# SYSLINUX CFG
# For more reading, please visit syslinux wiki and
# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_kernel_problems
default vesamenu.c32
timeout 300
prompt 0
noescape 1
MENU MARGIN 5
MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
# Set the color for unselected menu item and timout message
MENU COLOR TITLE 1;36;44 #ffffffff #00000000
MENU COLOR SEL 7;37;40 #FF000000 #FFC0C0C0
MENU COLOR HOTSEL 1;7;37;40 #FF000000 #FFC0C0C0
say **********************************************************************
say * DEBIAN *
say http://www.debian.org
say DEBIAN OPERATING SYSTEM IS POWERED BY A 3.x LINUX KERNEL.
say DEBIAN OFFERS HIGH RELIABILITY SOFTWARES FOR COMPUTER.
say **********************************************************************
ALLOWOPTIONS 1
MENU TITLE ASUS COMPUTER
label DEBIAN
MENU DEFAULT
MENU LABEL TINYDEBIANIX (Default settings)
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/sda2 i915.modeset=1 vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x318 xforcevesa nomodeset
TEXT HELP
* Boot menu
* http://www.debian.org
* DEBIAN OPERATING SYSTEM IS POWERED BY A 3.x LINUX KERNEL.
* DEBIAN OFFERS HIGH RELIABILITY SOFTWARES FOR COMPUTER.
ENDTEXT
label DEBIAN RESCUE
MENU LABEL TINYDEBIANIX (RESCUE)
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/sda4 i915.modeset=1 vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x318 xforcevesa nomodeset
TEXT HELP
* Boot menu
* http://www.debian.org
* DEBIAN OPERATING SYSTEM IS POWERED BY A 3.x LINUX KERNEL.
* DEBIAN OFFERS HIGH RELIABILITY SOFTWARES FOR COMPUTER.
ENDTEXT
STAGE 4: CHOOSE YOUR KERNEL
1. Install your kernel. Here I choose this one:
Code:
Linux bbook 3.16.0-4-586 #1 Debian
2. You can get the linux-image related to your choosen kernel.
The choice of kernel is the most important!!
here is the one I use usually:
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/l...e-3.16.0-4-586
3. You have to make sure that you have the kernel vmlinuz / initrd.gz
here the important files:
Code:
/mnt/sda1/initrd.gz
/mnt/sda1/vmlinuz
Syslinux will use them to boot!
4. So now, you are almost done. You just need to copy the modules to your /mnt/sda2 lib directory
Code:
ls /lib/modules/3.16.0-4-586
Do not forget the modules, otherwise, it won't boot
5. Check and re-check that you did all correctly as indicated above.
STAGE 5: INSTALL THE WIFI
1. Your wifi shall not work at first.
2. Get the files into /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/
rtl8821aefw.bin
rtl8821aefw_wowlan.bin
Code:
/lib/firmware/rtlwifi$ md5sum rtl8821ae*
61d4e7322431fafa20070ee451663f8f rtl8821aefw.bin
eb7a115cfa5ac2bf44f7124e54b4334d rtl8821aefw_wowlan.bin
3. install make (apt-get install make)
4. get the patch backports-20150313.tar.gz
(link:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...0150313.tar.gz )
5. patch it
Code:
tar -zxvf backports-20150314.tar.gz
cd backports-20150314
make defconfig-rtlwifi
make
echo check
make install
5. Install wpasupplicant, and add to /etc/network/interfaces
Code:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/network/wlanwifi.conf
and create /etc/network/wlanwifi.conf with:
Code:
network={
ssid="< here update it >"
psk=< here update it >
}
5. Install wpasupplicant, and add to /etc/network/interfaces.
I recommend to use WPA >2!
then type:
Code:
ifup wlan0 ; dhclient -v wlan0
STAGE 6: INSTALL XORG SERVER
1. You may install xfwm4, and more...
2. I give you my ~/.xbindkeys configuration. xbindkeys is a nice choice, since it is independant on the window manager you use.
Code:
###########################
# xbindkeys configuration #
###########################
#
# Version: 1.8.5
#
# If you edit this file, do not forget to uncomment any lines
# that you change.
# The pound(#) symbol may be used anywhere for comments.
#
# To specify a key, you can use 'xbindkeys --key' or
# 'xbindkeys --multikey' and put one of the two lines in this file.
#
# The format of a command line is:
# "command to start"
# associated key
#
#
# List of modifier:
# Release, Control, Shift, Mod1 (Alt), Mod2 (NumLock),
# Mod3 (CapsLock), Mod4, Mod5 (Scroll).
#
" xterm -bg black -fg green "
m:0x51 + c:53
Shift+Mod2+Mod4 + x
" firefox "
m:0x50 + c:41
Mod2+Mod4 + f
"xdotool set_desktop $(expr $(expr $(xdotool get_desktop) - 1) )"
m:0x50 + c:45
Mod2+Mod4 + k
"xdotool set_desktop $(expr $(expr $(xdotool get_desktop) + 1) )"
m:0x50 + c:44
Mod2+Mod4 + j
"xdotool set_desktop $(expr $(expr $(xdotool get_desktop) + 1) )"
m:0x50 + c:114
Mod2+Mod4 + Right
"xdotool set_desktop $(expr $(expr $(xdotool get_desktop) - 1) )"
m:0x50 + c:113
Mod2+Mod4 + Left
" icedove "
m:0x50 + c:32
Mod2+Mod4 + o
" icedove -compose "
m:0x50 + c:57
Mod2+Mod4 + n
" xfce4-taskmanager "
m:0x1c + c:119
Control+Alt+Mod2 + Delete
" wmctrl -c :ACTIVE: "
m:0x40 + c:25
Mod4 + w
" amixer set Master 2+ "
m:0x40 + c:111
Mod4 + Up
" amixer set Master 2- "
m:0x40 + c:116
Mod4 + Down
"xdotool set_desktop 0 "
m:0x40 + c:10
Mod4 + 1
"xdotool set_desktop 1 "
m:0x40 + c:11
Mod4 + 2
"xdotool set_desktop 2 "
m:0x40 + c:12
Mod4 + 3
"xdotool set_desktop 3 "
m:0x40 + c:13
Mod4 + 4
" xdotool windowminimize $(xdotool getactivewindow) "
m:0x40 + c:24
Mod4 + q
I guess that you have all the most valuable infos to install Debian Linux and enjoy it!
HAVE FUN WITH LINUX!
Developer Pat'
