installing linux to a netbook without a hard drive
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Since this is an embedded ARM platform, not a netbook, you will need to wait until the vendor (or some enterprising hackers) releases Android for the platform.
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.4,DD-WRT micro plus ssh,lfs-6.6,Fedora 15,Fedora 16
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dependant of wether you can find a distribution for the specified processor or not (more then likely a uclinux based distribution) might work, especially if you can get the device to boot off the sd card
if theres one thing ive learnd is that with enough effort linux can be ported to almost anything, for instance i have linux running on my WRT54G wireless router i bought from wal-mart, so in answer to your question the first step is finding a linux distribution that runs on your machine if such has been made yet and the second is reading the documentation on how to put that on your machine, either an sd or thumb drive based installer, via ethernet or a pre-configured firmware image to 'flash' onto the device either by push (pc to device) or pull (utility on the device loading from a pc) or from a flash device, no matter what though it does not sound like a trivial deal
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