Eurotech provides instructions for installing and using several Linux distributions on the Catalyst, but does not provide free direct support for using the Catalyst in this way. These instructions are intended to help you install this distribution in the most appropriate way for this hardware, and to help you with common problems involved in using a this distribution on the Catalyst. If you need other support with a Linux distribution, we recommend using the distrubution's own support channels.
Xubuntu is a version of Ubuntu using the lightweight XFCE desktop environment.
In order to install Xubuntu, you will need a USB stick of at least 1 gigabyte in size, which will be used to boot the Xubuntu installer. Prepare this USB stick as follows: - Visit http://www.xubuntu.org/get and download an Xubuntu Desktop CD image for Intel x86.
- Visit http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ and download a version of UNetbootin appropriate for your Windows or Linux desktop computer.
- Run UNetbootin and select "Diskimage", give it the location of the Xubuntu CD image you downloaded, and have it write that image to the USB stick.
- Do not let UNetbootin reboot your computer; instead Exit.
Installation to external USB disk: - Attach the USB stick containing the Xubuntu instaler to the Catalyst.
- Attach a keyboard, mouse, and ethernet.
- Power on the Catalyst.
- The Xubuntu USB stick will boot into a live Xubuntu desktop. You can use this to try Xubuntu before installing it to disk.
- Attach the USB disk you plan to install to. Note that all information on this drive will be erased by the installer.
- Double click on the desktop icon to start the installer.
- Answer installation questions.
- When you are asked which disk to install to, choose "Use the Entire Disk" and select the USB disk you plan to install to.
- After the installation completes, the installer will prompt you to restart. Choose "Restart Now".
- When prompted to remove the "disc", remove the USB stick that was used to boot the Xubuntu installer, and press Enter.
- Xubuntu will boot from the USB disk.
Known issues:
Xubuntu does not support the Catalyst's touchscreen. In order to use the touchscreen, a third-party driver is needed. This topic describes how to obtain, install, and use the touch screen driver.
If the Catalyst is suspended using Xubuntu's GUI, there is no known way to resume.
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Posted - 01 Sep 2009 : 15:14:34
