I am going to do some more testing of 1GB vs 2GB USB drives with different bootable operating systems, and will report back.

Found a 1GB flash drive in the local supermarket. Everywhere else, they’re getting rid of 2GB as clearance lines.

1GB flash USB drive works perfectly.

Again, thanks for the help. It was invaluable

It’s not the legacy USB, that’s active. And I’ve tried all the USB ports.

I’ve tried several flash drives, but they’ve been 2GB or larger. Will try a 1GB when I can get my hands on one.

Also tried the 2GB on a Toshy notebook and a couple of desktops and all booted into the installer. Weird.

Will let you know what happens. Thanks for the help.

I am wondering if its the USB drive size? What size are you using? Can you try another drive?

I was having some issues booting to USB last night, and I realised it was because I had disabled legacy USB support in the BIOS. This meant it did not see the USB drive at all – it wasn’t an option when I pressed F10 during boot up.

It is odd that it works for the eee, but not the agora. tried different USB ports?

Got my Agora last week. Not particularly impressed with GOS, so I’ve installed XP and (this morning) Windows 7 RC 1, both of which run well. (Small aside: Windows 7 boots up 10 seconds faster than XP.)

I can install Ubuntu and, after finding your site, get the touchpad and Wireless working.

Tried to install the netbook remix, but the USB won’t boot. Just says “boot error”. The MD5SUMS check out OK and it boots fine on an EEEPC 900.

Anything strange about the USB on the Agora that you’ve noticed?

Again, thanks for the site. Great source of information.

Just trying to help I think the agora is a great piece of hardware, and with a little bit of work on the software side, it is a great netbook!

After the install ubuntu netbook remix you will not have wireless or the touchpad. The touchpad doesn’t work during the graphical ubuntu setup either. Don’t let this put you off though. Setup is easy without a mouse (just use tab to go from one button to the next, and space/enter to select things. I am working on a install guide at the moment, but its a work in progress

Once installed and you boot for the first time, it is pretty straight forward to get the touchpad going. My post here will help: http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/2009/04/25/oh-my-touchpad-doesnt-work/

When you reboot and the touchpad is working, the wireless is easy. Simply follow this post, and you will be right: http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/2009/04/25/installing-the-vt6656-wireless-driver-on-the-kogan-agora/

I hope to put a better guide together soon, but until then, i really suggest still giving the netbook remix a go I am happy to help if you have any issues.

Cheers
kayno