i got this sweet (now i'm thinkin otherwise) Acer Travelmate C100 tablet notebook from a friend with xp on it. It's slow as hell so i figured Ubuntu or Xubuntu would be nice.
Unfortunately, I can't install from a live CD cause there isn't any, I can't change the boot sequence to boot from usb before the hd because my "esc" key is busted so i can't save and exit the bios, which means a USB flash or USB cdrom boot won't work. My next step is using either grub, unetbootin, or wubi and install straight from the HD and i've tried them all. DamnSmallLinux (which is not what i want but i tried after the following distros failed) gets an error and brings me to the limited shell...fine...i don't want it anyway...would rather have Xubuntu or Ubuntu. But when i tried installing them the loading progress bar loads (it actually loads on Xubuntu by filling the bar from left to right but just bounces back and forth on Ubuntu) and then it flashes 3 times with a sort of interlaced garbled loading screen then goes blank. i also can't get into safe graphics mode because my esc key doesn't work and i can't get into the menu at bootup. i'm assuming it either has to do with RAM (256) or my video card or something. i'm pretty sure i tried Ctrl+Alt+F1 and Ctrl+Alt+F2 because i've read it switches the video settings but that didn't work.
this has been a damn fine challenge for me but i need serious help from you guys and gals. i've seen EVERY web page on the issue and it's driving me crazy. i'd like to format everything once installed and to be honest, usng the tablet would be nice but it's not necessary at this point. i'm sure i can install drivers later if i want. so that's it. thanks for reading all that and ANY ideas would be great.
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