Dual boot on an Asus E406SA

[pelouk]

I've just been asked [color=rgb(0, 0, 0)][/color]

[color=rgb(0, 0, 0)]by a friend who is interested in installing LL [/color]

an Asus E406SA and wants to know if this is possible. The laptop is marketed as a Cloudbook and runs Windows 10 S - i.e. the so-called stripped-down version of W 10. The machine is 64 bit with 4gb RAM and a fixed hard disk of 64Gb.


Has anyone had experience with this? Thoughts?

[valtam]

Why not run it in Live mode and find out?

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[minesheep]

4gb of ram is enough. I think 16gb of storage is enough, but that decreases windows space by 16 gb. Also 16gb is not so much to save anything more than OS and programs. fresh install uses under 8gb but after swapfile, APT cache some programs it will quickly fill up to something like 12gb leaving 4 gb for user data files. If the laptop is UEFI only then it will need to use of experimental UEFI build. Windows itself need about 35gb of space based on my own experience so installing LL on that automatically means that everything goes to low space.
If your friend wants to not have low space notifications everywhere it can also be installed on external usb drive or even sd card

https://mityer.khdlhfjijfrupr.tk/forums/tutor...eady-yet!/ Warning shocking clear instructions!

If it runs ok on live mode then space can be the only problem and it is not when using external drive/common sense

[pelouk]

Trying it in live mode is certainly a first step (thanks Jerry).


I think his greater concern is available hard disk space. This could work as an option but what size of external disk (say a flash drive}, as minesheep suggests, would you recommend to both run LL and cope with file storage?

[firenice03]

The size disk equal to the $$$ you want to spend...
LOL... I kid...


The kangaroo in my sig has Win10 on its internal and has a microSD 32gb with LL on it.. Its been running for a while, I dont save to it unless temporarily.[size=78%] [/size]
It was more a test system but works well.


I'd go 64 or 128 as maybe a min...Depending, if saving pics music etc etc...
Could use cloud storage to make up the difference.


I'd go with a faster SD card versus the cheapest.. Think mines a u10 and I don't notice any slowdowns.

[pelouk]

Thanks firenice03.  Sounds like a 64 or 128 SD might be the solution. Is it possible, though to have a SD containing, say, LL4.6 and still be able to save files to that SD?

[firenice03]

Thanks firenice03.  Sounds like a 64 or 128 SD might be the solution. Is it possible, though to have a SD containing, say, LL4.6 and still be able to save files to that SD?

[member=421]pelouk[/member]
It's treated like an internal disk... You would install the OS to the SD, files could be saved within the OS as normal.
- Would you want to pull the SD and put it in something else as storage???
  - I wouldn't; though I haven't tried... maybe if you split the SD disk into a separate partitions having 1 solely for storage - I wouldn't want to write to the LL partitions unless via the booted OS...

[pelouk]

OK, got it.


My buddy has been following this thread with me and reckons your suggestions would fit his needs (and his budget!!).


One final question:  You mention high quality SDs. Any recommendations??


Thank you again.

[firenice03]

Mine is a Class 10 - - U1


Here's an idea what to look for -- Scroll to Speed
https://www.techspot.com/guides/1591-mic...ing-guide/


A quick Amazon search for "SD card U1" about $20 will get you 128gb PNY or SANDisk card...

[pelouk]

That was a very useful link.

Can I take it that the higher the speed the better?

Also, I have a vague memory of reading somewhere that SANDisk cards are not best suited to use for LL distros. Is that so?