Comments on: Kubuntu / Windows XP Dual Boot on Asus Eee PC 1000

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:22:54 +0000

8 GBs is pretty small for an XP installation even if you are putting programs on the 32 GB drive. It’s always going to be complaining about space. I’ve still got the same setup as when I set this up some nine months ago, and XP is still running smoothly, if not quickly. So, yes, I still think the linux on the 8 and XP on the 32 is the best way to go.

Note however, that I’m now a fan of Ubuntu over Kubuntu, as it feels more polished and smooth.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:04:05 +0000

Thanks for this info – I’d like to ask a question that I hope doesn’t sound too foolish.

Full disclosure: I am not savvy with computers, but have many helpful compsci friends.
Summary of question: XP currently installed on 8G drive, running slower than molasses. Better deal to install/move to 32 and install Linux on the 8?

Details of question: I bought the 1000 with the intention to dual-boot, but had no access to an optical drive to install XP. Brought it to my school’s IT dept. with an instruction to install XP on the 32G drive… the kid who worked on my computer couldn’t manage that, somehow, so he installed XP on the 8G. Immediate problems. The computer was slow, programs ran choppily… I uninstalled a lot of dreck and moved what programs I could to the D.

Even so, I’ve spent the past 9 months constantly getting messages that my memory is critically low, under 200MB, yadda yadda. I still want to dual boot, but am beginning to wonder if putting linux on the 8 and XP on the 32 is the right way to go. Any advice?

(To top all this off, the D began disappearing at startup, reappearing, problems Asus completely failed to repair when I sent the unit in for repairs earlier this summer. Worst customer service ever – I’m finally getting the thing back tomorrow!)

By: JamesD

JamesD — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:21:43 +0000

Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:37:26 +0000

After having longed for a couple of Windows programs, I also decided to install XP on my EEE PC 1000. I was a bit worried, because I heard that performance of the 32 GB SSD is poor. (But I stumbled over your howto afterwards, so it looks like it should be okay for every day use.) However, I hope that after turning of the virtual memory, it will work okay. Read is supposed to be the same on the 8 and the 32…

I managed to install XP directly on the 32 GB hard drive without making a small partition for XP on the 8 GB one using WinSetupForUSB. The important point is, that you choose the right partition for boot.ini (which I could not do using multiboot). It looks fairly nice this way, three partitions, a 20 GB one for XP, the rest for home, and the 8GB disk for linux root (I decided not to have swap space…). I can decide directly through the BIOS (by pressing ESC), which hard drive I want to start from, so I don’t need to mess with the boot loader, even though that should be no problem.

I am quite happy so far…