Hi Phill, Please have a look at this page, where I have tried to add my experience to the original text (at the page without /JasonOdoom). If you compare the pages in web browser windows it is easier to see the differences than comparing the sources (but do both if you want to find all details).
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall/JasonOdoom Best regards Nio On 2013-06-21 01:19, Phill Whiteside wrote: > usb-creator used to work 'out of the box', currently it does not. This > does require some more work on. As dd'ing an iso to device is not the > same as creating a live boot area with persistance, they are two very > different things. For CLI, I'd have to check what > > apt-get install --no-install-recommends lubuntu-desktop > > > does that the two options in tasksel do not. Please do remember that > that page, like many, was started before lubuntu got adopted and it is > more than likely that it does need an overhaul. (I'm still chuckling at > my image having 10.04 lubuntu hard disk there - crikey, I'm getting > old! :) ). > > To let you have full freedom to edit, without fear of 'breaking' a > 'live' wiki page, I've > updated > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall/JasonOdoom > which > is where we hold our area for that page before it goes fully live. > (Jason is the TL for lubuntu wiki and has several pages scattered about > that we update for the forthcoming release to make release day a simple > case of copy and paste from the new area to the 'live' area). > > Don't worry that they are in his name, I had to think of something to > name our test pages as without using the release name and so they got > called after him :) > > For example, you can see that work is already being carried out > on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu/JasonOdoom by > Jonathan, which is part of this push to work out what specs we state > using ZRam... > > Thanks for your continued work on these unsung but important areas. > > Phill. > On 20 June 2013 23:49, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi again, > > Did you misunderstand the bit about USB? It does work with the 13.04 > mini.iso, and we only need to keep it alive. Maybe it is a good thing to > clone the install drive to avoid writing the bootloader into it. > > What about the advice to use the CLI option instead of the default one > at the top of the list? > > Best regards > Nio > > On 2013-06-21 00:41, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi Nio, > > > > yes, the make usb used to work (the XENVO drive is mine in that > section) > > and I am aware of work being carried out to make it work again. As we > > are still pre-alpha stage, I'm hopeful that a resolution will be found > > so making USB pendrives work again before we go to release. I do not > > recall which lubunuteer added the stuff for networking, he knows > who he > > is :) . For such an odd and out of the way wiki page, that it is > on edit > > #58 does show that people do like to play with what lubuntu can do if > > you are prepared to roll your sleeves up and get a bit dirty :) > > > > Thanks for taking the time to update the area with the current > > situation, as with all of our 'How to install using .......' > pages, they > > are dependant on our great testers and users to keep them up to date. > > > > Regards, > > > > Phill. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp