In Part One we setup the USB flash drive with a MeeGo image. The next step
is to install the image. What do we need?
- the USB flash drive we setup in part one
- the ExoPC we want to install the image on
- a finger to navigate the touch menu :-)
In some of the following pictures I have marked important areas yellow - the menus
you see will not have these yellow markings.
Off we go!
First switch off the ExoPC (in case it is on) and plug-in your USB flash drive. We will
switch the tablet on in a few seconds, but please read this first: after switching on
you will see two touch areas to the right of the screen: "setup" and "BBS".
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You need to press BBS. So please switch on your ExoPC and press BSS now.
Now you should see a menu:
Picture02
Here you need to navigate in the menu and select a specific entry. As the ExoPC does not
have a home button a sensor in the top left corner is used as a home button (by the way,
the sensor is also used as a home button in the MeeGo UI.):
Picture03
If you briefly touch the sensor the cursor is moved one step, holding the sensor for a
few seconds equals an "enter".
You should see your USB flash drive in the menu. Using the sensor, navigate to the
according entry and then hold the sensor to select the USB flash drive.
Next you will see the bootloader and three options are offered. We need to choose the second
option, "Installation Only".
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This will take us to the first page of the installer:
Picture05
Please tap the button at the lower right corner.
The next step is the language selection. This will be the language of the MeeGo UI. Please
choose your language and again tap the button at the lower right corner.
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The next step is important! The installer offers us the available partitions available for
installation. A Linux partition should be offered as default, this is what we want.
Therefore leave the default selection and tap the button in the lower right corner.
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A popup window should appear now, asking if we really want to install. Please confirm,
and off we go.
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You should now see a new page with a progress bar.
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Now we are finished, please tap the lower right button and then remove the USB flash drive.
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After a sometimes long boot time you should see the MeeGo boot screen - Voila!
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I have occasionally experienced that the installation sometimes does not work and the start
screen never appears. In that case try power cycling and leaving the ExoPC running for
several minutes. If that does not help, just repeat the installation process. I have never
had to install more than twice.
Now you are set to install your brandnew applications on your ExoPC!
Paul
Red Belt
Comments
Thanks for the detailed guide.
I'm experiencing those problems you mention. After the progression bar gets to the end, nothing happens. What do you exactely mean by power cycling? Do you mean to plug out the USB drive and hold the physical button for a while? If I do so, the tablet does no fins any OS. Any clue of what may happen?
Thanks!
Hi Lorenzorn,
So you do not see picture 10? (Congratulations ...)
This would mean the installer cannot complete writing to the drive. The next step after picture 10 is starting the installed MeeGo image.
I personally have not experienced that myself. The only issues I had was the installation completed properly but the OS did not start. Power cycling (switch off and back on again) usually fixed that, I only very rarely had to repeat the installation.
Have you tried to install again?
Is your USB flash drive big enough for the image? I use a 8GB stick, 2GB should also be big enough.
Is the power supply connected to the ExoPC ?
Please let me know what you find out!
Regards,
Paul
Hi again,
that's it. I can't get to picture 10.
I have tried it several times and I have used a 8GB stick. And the power supply was connected. But I seem to have a problem with the battery, since the tablet does not work unless it is plugged. I don't know if this could explain something.
Still, I will give it another try and let you know about any progress.
Regards
Lorenzorn
I'm having the same problem with the meego-tablet-ia32-pinetrail-1.2.0.90.4.20110614.1 build.
Hi,
I tried the same image and I also had the same problems with meego-tablet-ia32-pinetrail-1.2.0.90.4.20110614.1!!
I then tried meego-tablet-ia32-pinetrail-1.2.0.90.6.20110628.2.img that one installed OK.
I also tried meego-tablet-ia32-pinetrail-1.2.0.90.9.20110719.4.img and the installation was without problems.
Apparently there is something wrong with the 20110614.1 image. Thanks for bringing that up!
The two images I tried installed OK but I did not have time to try the out, so there may be functionality issues.
Regards,
Paul
Hi,
I have tried and now managed to install meego-tablet-ia32-pinetrail-1.2.0.90.10.20110726.2.img on my exopc.
It seems more stable then what I had previously on there.
Hi m_mandan,
good to here that the update worked.
/paul
after installation will have a choice between Meego and win7\meego ??????
The described procedure is only for single boot. If you want a dual-boot I recommend this LINK
What I usually do is using Win7 diskmanager free up some disk space for MeeGo and then install it in that free space. Then go into MeeGo and change the boot menue as descibed in the link above.
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