You guys and gals drive me mad!!! Can you please try to agree on what can be supported as a community spin of non-pae kernel.
Yes, that is the topic here.... 13.10 with non-pae as a trial for a rebuild for 14.04 LTS that lubuntu could possibly support. Instructions are needed, etc. Regards, Phill. On 7 January 2014 23:15, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > The iso is too big for a CD, so it need a DVD disk as well as drive to > work. But standard Ubuntu 13.10 is too heavy anyway for old computers, > and I recommend a flavour with a lighter desktop environment, Lubuntu or > Xubuntu for such computers. > > I think the file system is ISO 9660, but the partitioning is special, > which might create problems in some environments. And there are > advantages with the partitioning: > > a. It is a hybrid iso file, that works in a DVD drive as well as cloned > in a USB drive > > b. The 64-bit system (not the 32-bit system) can detect and adjust to > the BIOS/UEFI setting, run live and install into new computers. > > -o- > > 1. There is a Lubuntu 'live CD' iso file, a desktop installer small > enough to run from a CD drive. > > 2. If the computer is old or has too little RAM (512 MB or less) I would > recommend > > 2a. the Lubuntu alternate iso file or > 2b. the One Button Installer > > instead of the desktop (graphical user interface) installer. The One > Button Installer installs from USB (but can be helped via Plop in really > old computers). > > There are extra difficulties with Mac systems, PowerPC as well as Intel > based Macs. I have no such computer and know little about it, so I hope > someone else can give you advice that is relevant for Macs. > > Best regards > Nio > > 2014-01-07 21:15, Andrew Moore skrev: > > There were a few issues. First of all, the ISO was downloaded with OS > X, which is not able to mount the image. Evidently it is not in ISO 9660 > format (which is readable by any OS)? Secondly, the SHA256 checksum was > verified, but the resulting DVD could not be booted by the laptop (an > Inspiron 8200), and the laptop is not able (i.e., too old) to boot from USB > device. DVD can be read once the laptop is booted with Centos 6.5. Is it > possible that just as OS X is unable to mount the DVD, an older laptop may > be unable to boot it? > > > > The long and the short of it is that Ubuntu 13.10 cannot be easily > installed onto this laptop, which is unfortunate because it’s a great > machine. Any plans for a LiveCD? Any other routes to installing? Thank > you! > > -AM > > > > On Jan 2, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> 2014-01-02 17:44, Ali Linx (amjjawad) skrev: > >>> > >>> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Andrew Moore <slew...@icloud.com > >>> <mailto:slew...@icloud.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Anyone try ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso? I downloaded from > >>> Ubuntu.com and via torrent. Both appear to be corrupt. Can someone > >>> confirm this? Thank you! > >>> -- > >>> Ubuntu-quality mailing list > >>> Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto: > Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com> > >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Have you done this? > >>> > >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." > >>> Best Regards, > >>> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> > >>> Areas of Involvement < > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/AreasOfInvolvement> > >>> My Projects <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/Projects> > >>> > >>> > >> Hi Andrew, > >> > >> A few minutes ago, I downloaded the file from the official website > >> > >> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop > >> > >> and it matches the md5sum: > >> > >> md5check ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso d0508f909c2c71d96aeac5efb0329b33 > >> calculated md5sum=d0508f909c2c71d96aeac5efb0329b33 > >> should be md5sum=d0508f909c2c71d96aeac5efb0329b33 > >> /home/sudodus/bin/md5check indicates SUCCESSFUL download :-) > >> > >> There was probably some temporary error. > >> > >> Best regards > >> Nio > >> > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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