Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu JeOS ISO to USB question

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Author: Alan Pope
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu JeOS ISO to USB question

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x57bd4100.hantslug.org.uk.7484': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Mon Jun 23 00:15:58 2008 BST
gpg: using DSA key 1E38DD6257A4363C
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 16:21 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote:
> I wanted to have a play with the JeOS Ubuntu ISO and since I don't have
> a USB-CD drive, I thought I would "burn" it to a USB thumb drive. If
> found this in a how-to at http://stuporglue.org/ume-on-eeepc.php
>
> qemu -hda /dev/sdg -cdrom jeos-8.04-jeos-i386.iso -boot d -m 1024
>
> which starts up and displays the usual Ubuntu install menu, but as soon
> as I select "Install" it dies with a
>
> [     0.0000000[ ACPI: no DMI BIOS year, acpi=force is required to
> enable ACPI

>
>


Following that guide on Ubuntu 8.04 with qemu from the repo and it works
for me. Are you running this directly on your Eee running at 600Mhz? How
long did you leave it, as I get that message but if I leave it a few
seconds (on my Core 2 Duo 2GHz) it carries on fine.

Cheers,
Al.