Re: [ubuntu-uk] lack of command-line installation...

2007-11-12 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 10:52 +, Sean Miller wrote: > Thoughts? > As well as the suggestion of using the alternate CD you can also use the Live CD with an option to not boot to a live environment, but only boot to X and the Ubiquity installer. This saves some memory as you'd imagine. The o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] lack of command-line installation...

2007-11-12 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > When I have to install Ubuntu on "challenged" boxes (ie. those with limited > memory) I do miss the old Install CD or, indeeed, just an "Install" option > on the grub menu that could avoid having to boot into the Live CD which is, > by definition, rather

Re: [ubuntu-uk] lack of command-line installation...

2007-11-12 Thread Dave Morley
On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 10:52 +, Sean Miller wrote: > When I have to install Ubuntu on "challenged" boxes (ie. those with > limited memory) I do miss the old Install CD or, indeeed, just an > "Install" option on the grub menu that could avoid having to boot into > the Live CD which is, by defini

Re: [ubuntu-uk] lack of command-line installation...

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] lack of command-line installation... When I have to install Ubuntu on "challenged" boxes (ie. those with limited memory) I do miss the old Install CD or, indeeed, just an "Install" option on the grub menu that could avoid having to boot into the Live CD whi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] lack of command-line installation...

2007-11-12 Thread Philip Newborough
On Nov 12, 2007 10:52 AM, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I have to install Ubuntu on "challenged" boxes (ie. those with limited > memory) I do miss the old Install CD or, indeeed, just an "Install" option > on the grub menu that could avoid having to boot into the Live CD which is, >

[ubuntu-uk] lack of command-line installation...

2007-11-12 Thread Sean Miller
When I have to install Ubuntu on "challenged" boxes (ie. those with limited memory) I do miss the old Install CD or, indeeed, just an "Install" option on the grub menu that could avoid having to boot into the Live CD which is, by definition, rather memory-hungry. Would it be so difficult to have a