Comments on: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty on Asus UL20A

By: subogero

subogero — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:20:59 +0000

Exactly. What do you need Windows7 for? When I first installed Jaunty I left it, but I regretted it later. It’s completely useless. So now I completely removed it along with its recovery partition, when I made this fresh Lucid install.

By: zoltan

zoltan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:23:04 +0000

Hi nasko I’ve had the same concern on my dual boot T130 as W7 crashed. But F8 (for Toshiba Windows recovery) worked fine. Actually there is a recovery partition as well. U can create a recovery cd/dvd best way to bkp the system. However reinstalling Windows isn’t a little bit of job and there is quite a failure rate when using images… but what you need Ws for? @nasko

By: subogero

subogero — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:58:09 +0000

Hello,
as I remember, the W7 recovery stuff is a separate partition. So formatting C:\ should leave it intact.
I did not split the W7 partition, I just shrank it. On the other hand, I’ve got no clue whatsoever about W7’s F9 hot key. Guess how many times I’ve started W7 since the Ubuntu installation. Exactly. At the moment I’m rather regretting having left W7 and its recovery stuff eating up 65GB of my disk space.
Windows boot managers are not able to boot Linux. GRUB, on the other hand, is able to boot Windows. How nice…

By: nasko

nasko — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:03:55 +0000

Hi subogero

I have UL20a with Windows 7 HP, iv got recovery partition 14.5GB and everything is by default factory settings. I want to install Linux but I want to keep my Windows 7 recovery function with F9 key. You said that u have splitted windows’ partition to ext3 and swap. If i do the same and install linux boot loader into windows parition or MBR. If something goes wrong with Windows, Linux or the boot manager and I want to restore my windows, install linux again and etc. Do u think F9 key will works.
Is this restore functionality located in C: drive or its in a lower level like BIOS?
For example If I format Windows partition do u think it will be working or not (the F9 restore function)?
Is it possible from Windows 7’s Boot manager to boot linux partition?
Thanks.

By: Thomas Hennings

Thomas Hennings — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:57:00 +0000

Thanks!

I wish you a lot of fun with that great device.

Thomas

By: subogero

subogero — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:47:32 +0000

Suspend to RAM works. I tested it this way: Suspend while connected to the home WLAN. Power button blinking in blue. Check. Switch on. Login screen same as when unlocking the screen. Check. Login. WLAN reconnected. Open Thunderbird, it connects to the server. Check.

Note: we were advised with the office HP laptops, not to carry them while suspended. Reason: the HDD is not parked, and the accelerometer which would park it automatically upon movement, does not work while suspended. HDD damage possible. But I don’t know about ASUS.

Battery:

Label 1:
ASUS Li-Ion Battery Pack A32-UL20A, 5600 mAh, 63Wh

Label 2:
UL20A-2X022V
SN: 9AN0AS656246448
CN: 3804

Label 3:
0B20-00PF0AS Production Date 2009 10

Label 4:
UL2 LA91 07GO 16 DB1875M-00A20-942-00E6

Note: on Labels 3/4 I could not differentiate zeros from O-s.

By: Thomas Hennings

Thomas Hennings — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:59:51 +0000

Thank you for the helpful post!
Could you do me two favours. First, i would like to know if suspend to ram works. Also i am interested in the battery name. I mean the long one.

Thanks!
Thomas