I recently purchased an Asus Aspire One NAV50 (532h-2789), I wanted to use it for writing, but found it a bit too small for that task. It sat around for a few weeks while I figured out what to do with it… and figure out I did. Turn it into a gaming emulation machine running Ubuntu 12.04, DosBOX, and ScummVM.
To peak the netbook’s performance, I upgraded the RAM to the (max) 2 gigs, and also upgraded the manufacturer’s 160 gig HD to a OCZ Vertex II SSD (SATA II & 120 GB). A video outline the details concerning this simple upgrade can be found at the bottom of this posting.
Everything worked fine until my first, or second reboot. Upon rebooting, I received:
Error: out of disk. grub rescue>
So, like any good computer tech, pressed (ALT + CTRL + DEL). Upon my second reboot, I received:
Read Error.
I call this progress, so once again, I issued an (ALT+CTRL+DELETE). Wouldn’t you know, on the 3rd try, Ubuntu 12.04 booted.
After searching the web, I found no posts offering a solution, so I began tinkering. Wouldn’t you know, I found a very simple solution. Open a terminal, and issue the following:
sudo apt-get install dmraid
That’s it. FYI, after a system update, I seem to have to reinstall dmraid, or I get the aforementioned problems again. I haven’t yet figured out why…
I see posts all over the net telling people to run fdisk or return the disk DOA. That’s nonsense.
I made this video to explain how to upgrade a Acer Aspire netbook’s hard-drive. It’s a bit basic, but my intent is to help all people with their computer woes, not just the nerds.
I just bought the same model SSD and was getting the same error, thanks for the tip and glad to know it’s not my SSD that’s faulty 🙂
Hi I have the same model. I am thinking of switching to ssd of 16GB. Do you think that size would be enough to run Windows 7 starter without any issue. if it does not work Then I will install ubuntu netbook edition.
I have another question, I will be appreciated if you know and help me out about how to update bios on this particular model.I could not find any instructions on web for this model. Thanks in advance.