ok one of the smallest then

AROS One 32-bit also works well on my Acer Aspire One ZG5 and Dell Inspiron Mini 910 netbooks; on the Dell Inspiron Mini 910, only WiFi is not supported

[quote name=laiosx post=12242]@laiosx - live only , if it was installed that would be the smallest native machine[/quote] It also runs reasonably well on the tiny Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z :-) Only VESA graphics, but the Atheros WiFi is supported! But for your EeePC, I suspect ATA used to work.

live only , if it was installed that would be the smallest native machine

Strange, they say here that the 32-bit version of AROS One installs on the Asus Eee PC 900A https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/Platforms/x86_Complete_System_HCL

[img][url=https://flic.kr/p/2sf6NJF][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55293532235_1335019475_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2sf6NJF]706218784_10243161198306329_7379365056842819041_n[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/22453704@N00/]CatnipX[/url], on Flickr[/img] trying to install in a usb target leads to the same fail , something in netbook is not compatible although it has native graphics and sound , at the moment I installed Aeros which works fine , I'd prefer ofcourse AROS but anyway , I also tried Icaros but the result same

Check if you can see the drive in HDToolBox and post a screenshot of that. The drive may not be unit 0.

I used AOMEI Partition assistand I wipped the disk indeed the grubloader reamains erased but the same I don't know something isn't compatible in this little netbook the disk is a mini PCIe perhaps not compatible [url]https://flic.kr/p/2seSYvz[/url][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55291028659_17d255fa1c_b.jpg[/img] [url=https://flic.kr/p/2seSYvz]Wip[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/22453704@N00/]CatnipX[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2seSxJp][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55290945303_b0788d7838_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2seSxJp]Wip3[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/22453704@N00/]CatnipX[/url], on Flickr

That’s what I thought; sometimes InstallAROS doesn’t manage to wipe the drive properly. Try using a partition management programme and select the ‘Wipe’ function, see the screenshot. You can do this for just the first few gigabytes, then perhaps wipe the partition again. This method definitely works, just make sure the hard drive is completely free of partitions at the end!

I try it multiple times but the same I also erased the disk with gparted live and tried with the disk as unallocated and as fat32 but the same . there must be some kind of remain of grub bootloader beacause even with erased the disk it tries to boot and get this screen [img][url=https://flic.kr/p/2seKFLP][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55289606571_ac9bb86eaf_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2seKFLP]Screen[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/22453704@N00/]CatnipX[/url][/img] [img][url=https://flic.kr/p/2seM98n][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55289890339_edc370a19b_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2seM98n]Aros[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/22453704@N00/]CatnipX[/url], on Flickr[/img]

Before proceeding with the installation, you ran Wipe Disk; you might want to run it twice, as there may still be a Linux bootloader on the hard drive.

I dont partition it manually , installAROS partitioning fails , the disk is ok it has puppy linux installed

What are you using to partition the drive? Avoid partitioning it yourself; use InstallAROS, which will do everything automatically. If you’re using InstallAROS, then the hard drive might be faulty.

I have a problem to install on this Netbook , partinioning fail , the disk is an 8gb mini PCIe , is set as IDE in bios , install cant procced as partitioning fail , any idea how to get this done ?

I got 3 of these since it is mentioned on another post as one of the best compatible laptops.Unfortunately they all were in about spares and parts conditions. I manage to assemble one canibalising the parts and this one works great. One of them is a strange case It has an IDE hard disk , I don’t remember a C2D era laptop with an IDE hard disk . It is unstable and gets freezes but I manage to install aros one 32 bit on an ide disk. I wonder how would behaviour if I put the disk to an older machine like Pentium 4

I noticed a few problems in what you're doing: [olist=1] There's no need to take a machine apart to identify the hardware: use PCITool. You shouldn't create more than one network interface (someone correct me if that problem has been fixed). You need to create at least one wireless network entry in the Wireless Networks tab in network prefs. [/olist]

yes I'm using that distro thanks I will update

Are you using AROS One 32-bit v2.9? If so, update the system using the attached files, restart the system, and try setting up the Wi-Fi again!

I used the Netgear dongle which is a guaranteed supported device Only in the desktop I reached the point to have the wireless manager showing my hotspot in this case from my phone but even then it couldn’t establish connection using the dongle in laptops i get always “ failed to restart wireless connection “ I will post some screenshots

laiosx manually configures the Wi-Fi card! - Make sure you have selected the device supported by your Wi-Fi card - Go to the ‘Wireless Network’ tab - Manually enter the Wi-Fi network details and password (see my screenshot for an example) - The network should work straight away - If it doesn't work, try restarting AROS