Dear Nio, Thank you so much for your helpful response! Thanks also to Israel and Andre.
> The UEFI-and-BIOS systems dated May 2016 are 64-bit There are two images dated 27-May-2016: dd_text_16.04-UEFI-n-BIOS_2016-05-27_4-pendrive-7.8GB.img.xz dd_text_16.04-UEFI-n-BIOS_2016-05-27_intel-4-pendrive-7.8GB.img.xz Which one would you advise? Best regards, Wilbert 2016-11-30 20:13 GMT+01:00 Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com>: > Den 2016-11-30 kl. 19:48, skrev Wilbert Heeringa: > >> Dear all, >> >> For a course in Ivory Coast I want to distribute USB sticks with Lubuntu >> Linux and a Docker container inside. Docker works only for 64 bits OS, >> so I need a 64 bits version. >> >> Since I don't know whether the students' computers work with BIOS or >> UEFI, it would be great to create bootable pendrives that work for any >> computer. >> >> I studied a bit about syslinux and found this very complicated, and also >> very risky. This is simply too much for me. >> >> I looked around further and found this site: >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UEFI-and-BIOS >> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UEFI-and-BIOS> >> >> with a repository of images at: >> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/uefi-n-bios/ >> >> made by Phil Whiteside. That looks wonderful. My question is now: is >> there also a 64 bit version available? For some it is explicitely >> indicated that they are meant for i386 (so I should not use them), but I >> feel unsure about the other ones. >> >> Also: we buy either 8GB or 16 GB pendrives. Which image would work best? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Wilbert >> >> > Dear Wilbert, > > The UEFI-and-BIOS systems dated May 2016 are 64-bit. These systems are > *installed* systems (can be installed into USB sticks, SSDs, HDDs or memory > cards, and works like a normal installed system). > > If you intend to use the USB sticks also for installing systems into other > computers, it might be a good idea to have live systems or persistent live > systems. The Lubuntu 64-bit iso files can also boot in both BIOS and UEFI > mode. > > Is it possible that some student has a 32-bit computer? You can make > persistent live systems with 32-bit Lubuntu, that can boot in both 32-bit > computers and 64-bit computers, and in both BIOS and UEFI mode. This is > when you use the usb-pack-efi for booting. > > So maybe you should make some master USB sticks just to check that they > work for you, and maybe bring more than one configuration, even if I > understand that the focus is on 64-bit systems. > > -o- > > It is much easier to find USB 3 pendrives with good performance among > those with 16 GB. See this link and links from it for details about the > data transfer speed of pendrives. > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick# > Notes_about_speed > > Best regards > Nio >
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