OK, so I recently purchased a EEE PC 901, Linux version, having previously owned its little brother, the 701. I’ve always been adamant that I wanted to learn how to use linux and to experience something of the open source phenomenon. Alas, it would appear that world is conspiring against me and my shiny hew 901 complete with Xandros wasn’t shutting down cleanly, updating properly or able to run some apps I wanted without a bit of hassle.

After several days of trying to fix the problems, and coming up pretty empty, I decided I was going to bite the bullet and install XP on it and be done with it. Here’s what I did.

1. Download NLite (this will shrink your install down so it fits better on the eee)
2. Download all the relevant windows drivers for the 901 and pop them on a USB stick
3. Install Nlite
4. Follow these instructions (remembering to tick the box under Components > Hardware Support “Multi Processor Support”. This is required speciifcally for the 901 but NOT for other models)
5. Completely wipe ALL partitions on your drives (including the one that says BIOS!)
6. Reboot eee, having altered the boot sequence to boot external drive first.
7. Install windows
8. Install all asus windows drivers from usb stick prepared earlier.
9. Reboot and Voila!

Now, this is by no means a comprehensive guide, but those who are familiar with OS installs should get the idea. I should stress that this is what worked for me, but it may not work for everyone. Any problems, go to the EEE User Forums, where someone (possibly me!) will be able to help.

I’ve uploaded a couple of wallpapers that I like in the sidebar for you to enjoy. I didn’t make any of these, and I don’t know who owns them, so if anyone knows and wants credit, let me know! The gallery thing is being a bit of a pain, but I’m hoping to have a proper collection up soon.

Currently with nothing on it and in need of some design tweaking, but fingers crossed they’ll be some content up asap. I’m hoping this can just be a bit of a dumping ground for everything I’m upto at the moment, but to be honest, I’m still not really sure!