BTW these images are supported entirely by Phill Whiteside himself and not any part of the Ubuntu project, including Lubuntu.
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Wilbert Heeringa <wjheeri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- @wxl | polka.bike C563 CAC5 8BE1 2F22 A49D 68F6 8B57 A48B C4F2 051A
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