Apsire one Linpus lite recovery that works!

This is how I recovered my Aspire one to the Original Linpus lite Running
condition with a USB Flash device.

I have the Aspire One, with the 8 gig ssd. And this is the only method
that worked! after trying Unetbootin, live usb helper, and many other
different combinations and tutorials and also reading many threads, nothing
seemed to work. Some of them may have worked, but the key, I think,
is to format the ssd to EXT3 file system.


1.Download Gparted and install onto a USB flash device, using the following link.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/liveusb.php


2.Use Gparted to remove all partitions and format your internal SSD to the "EXT3" file system.
!NOTICE!
(this deletes all saved data on your drive, If you want to save the
data on your drive just boot into any Linux OS, via live CD/USB and use that to move
your data to a external storage device, then do step 3.)
If you want more details, just ask


3.Start this ISO download.
http://www.aspire1.pl/download/software/RecoveryImage/ when you click
the next link in step 4 Tim will ask you in his tutorial on his step 2
to download the same thing, my link is just faster and worked better
for me.


4.Once the drive is prepared you just follow the real hero and go to
this web site:
http://dailycupoftech.com/2008/09/02/di ... sb-device/
Tim Fehlman's tutorial will explain exactly how to go from here.

After that you should have a running sytem, good as new!


Thanks to everyone much for your threads, which gave us clues to figure this out!
And also thanks to Photoguy who also helped me figure this out.
Hope it works for you too!

 

Glad this is posted, finally we got it to work!

 

too complicated.
when <i ran dmesg is still showed my kingston data traveller when it was unplugged. There is too much stuff to go through in that report to figure out what /dev stuff is the kingston drive, at least for non linux experts.
my mac puts hidden files on the kingston when <i format it for fat. Will they interfere?
Where is the format command for linus anyways? Shouldn't an operating system have some way to erase a SSD without all the techno babble?

 

Hi there,

EXT3 is definitely not recommended on a SSD. Why don't you use the original restore CD that shipped with your A110L? It works, either via a directly connected CD/DVD-drive or a USB-stick prepped on a second computer (Mac and PC). If there was no restore CD in your package, ask Acer to send you one (they do) and don't rely on unofficial downloads.

 

I'm sorry, I'm not really a linux guru ether. This has been a huge learning experience for me. I'm vary happy to help you wherever I can.

If you answer these questions I can help you better.

- Is there a working OS (operating system) on your aspire one now?

- Do you have access to a computer that is not a mac?

 

I'm not a linux guru, and don't know everything. I want to know what you think of this, regarding File Systems. according to the research here it sames that EXT3 is a good Idea.

http://robert.penz.name/137/no-swap-par ... -on-a-ssd/

 

Hello,

you don't have to be a guru, but you should have some profound knowledge if you post a "how to" in a forum. Don't you think there is a reason why the A110L ships in EXT2 format? See comment #4 to the article you linked as a reference. The SSD in the AA1 is darn slow, so EXT2 and noatime don't only reduce wear, but also result in a slight performance gain.

Anyway, I wonder if you format a blank SSD to EXT3 and then do a proper restore from the Acer restore-medium, doesn't it reformat your drive to EXT2? Should do so as in reinstalls the factory settings.

 

Yes, your right. The aspire one recovery dose reformat it. I mentioned EXT3 cause this was the only way to get past the AA1recovery screen freeze up, It may have been a random weird thing, I don't know. Thanks for the tip about EXT2