Re: ppc images too big

2012-09-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
People queue up things for the daylies, these are then built automatically so it is not in-frequent that they go over size. Regards, Phill. On 19 September 2012 15:10, ∅ wrote: > Phill I understand the process to boot from usb and have done it but it is > unreliable on ppc machines. > > So I g

GRUB version 1.99 and 12.10

2012-09-19 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
Hi, http://i46.tinypic.com/345fybs.jpg I'm done with Lubuntu 12.10 32-bit installation (the daily build - 18-9-2012). Installation done on /dev/sda7. GRUB was installed on sda7 NOT the MBR of sda. This is an Asus F3F Laptop, Intel Due @1.86GHz with 512MB RAM. My guess is GRUB version 2 has diffe

Re: ppc images too big

2012-09-19 Thread ∅
Phill I understand the process to boot from usb and have done it but it is unreliable on ppc machines. So I gather the likelihood of a cd sized daily is small eh? -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubu

Re: ppc images too big

2012-09-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
During daily builds it is not uncommon for iso's to be over sized as they are automatically built each day. I noticed last night that xubuntu also commented that their daily had gone over size, so I think it is a generic thing. On the subject of over-sized images and booting from usb, they are both

Re: Ubuntu GNOME Remix

2012-09-19 Thread Ho Wan Chan
Now now now some explanation. jbicha correct me if I´m wrong please:) 1. Ubuntu Wiki is, well, open. You don´t need to be an official Ubuntu flavor to create a dedicated wiki page... 2. It isn´t official right now, hopefully as jbicha work more on it will get an official status a.s.a.p:) 3. Ubu

RE: Ubuntu GNOME Remix

2012-09-19 Thread Sanchit Gangwar
If it's not official, why does Ubuntu wiki has a page dedicate to it? Or do you mean it isn't official right now, but it will, after quantal? > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:16:25 +0800 > Subject: Re: Ubuntu GNOME Remix > From: smartbo...@gmail.com > To: sanchitgang...@outlook.com > CC: ubuntu-qa@li

Re: Ubuntu GNOME Remix

2012-09-19 Thread Ho Wan Chan
Gee it isn´t an OFFICIAL Ubuntu flavor. Wait after 12.10 and see will it become one:) Regards, Howard Chan (smartboyhw) 2012/9/19 Sanchit Gangwar : > Why isn't Ubuntu GNOME Remix in the QA tracker? Anything special with that? > > -- > Ubuntu-qa mailing list > Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify s

Ubuntu GNOME Remix

2012-09-19 Thread Sanchit Gangwar
Why isn't Ubuntu GNOME Remix in the QA tracker? Anything special with that? -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa

Re: ppc images too big

2012-09-19 Thread Jackson Doak
the 700Mb is assuming megabytes are 1000Kb and kilobytes are 1000bytes where as ubuntu and windows see it in binary i.e. megabytes are 1024Kb and kilobytes are 1024bytes On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Yorvyk wrote: > On 19/09/12 05:22, ∅ wrote: > >> just when i find some time to do some ppc tes

Re: ppc images too big

2012-09-19 Thread Yorvyk
On 19/09/12 05:22, ∅ wrote: just when i find some time to do some ppc testing, i find both desktop and alternate images are >688mb so they don't fit on a cd. openfirmware is too buggy to rely upon for usb boot. believe me, i've tried. looks like dvd-rw it is. guess i'll be headed out to buy on