Linux on an ASUS A2500L

1. Get hold of the BIOS with F2 Tell it to boot from CDROM first.
2. Insert a KNOPPIX CDROM and reboot. I used version 3.3
3. Repartition and install! It automatically setup XFree86, the touchpad etc but could not handle the modem.
4. The onboard modem can be run if you install a recent slmodem from Smartlink. Install this as root of course. This inserts a kernel module and makes a process to run the modem. The system will moan about the kernel being impure or somesuch- but this is not a problem
5. Make a link from the pseudo device slmodemd produces (/dev/ttySL0) to /dev/modem
6. Make sure relevant users are in group uucp so the can use the modem
7. Make a script to start up the slmodemd process whenever you reboot. I made a shell script to start this process in /etc/rcS.d named S99modem.sh so that it runs after all the others.
8. ENJOY