<> <> ||<>|| This page contains initial installation suggestions. = Prepare Media = To install Ubuntu on the AA1, you'll need to use either an external optical drive (connected via USB), or create USB storage install media. * Refer to [[Installation/FromUSBStick]] for directions on creating USB installation media. * You may also plug in an external optical drive and use an Ubuntu LiveCD/LiveDVD. = Installation = Turn on the machine, and press . Select the correct boot device and press . In the menu: * USB-HDD refers to a USB storage device. * Sometimes these will be referred to as USB-FDD, depending on the stick and the specific model of Aspire One. This will not affect the installation, though it is a bug that Acer should fix. * USB-CDROM refers to an attached external optical drive. == Disk == * If you have the hard disk version of the AA1, install like normal. * If you have the solid state drive (SSD) version, it is suggested that you choose to use a non-journalling filesystem like ext2 to prolong the life of the drive.