very bad experience installing edubuntu edgy (Gavin McCullagh)

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Matt Oquist wrote:

> > I downloaded the edubuntu-*-install-i386.iso from my local mirror 

> You said above that "It now appears that there is no alternate install
> cd". What do you mean by that?

I mean that I downloaded :

http://ftp.heanet.ie:/pub/ubuntu-releases/edubuntu/6.10/edubuntu-6.10-install-i386.iso

and it IS a live cd installer.  I didn't try 

http://ftp.heanet.ie:/pub/ubuntu-releases/edubuntu/6.10/edubuntu-6.10-live-i386.iso

presuming that to be a live cd installer.

> http://releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/edubuntu-6.10-install-i386.iso
> is the PRIMARY recommended installation CD; the LiveCD is a somewhat
> accidental "alternate" option, as I understand it. I would guess that
> the Edubuntu project got a LiveCD with an installer just because
> *every* Ubuntu got one, even though Edubuntu's actual install CD is
> really the one you want to get LTSP OOTB.

Agreed.  This is why I did download the -install- iso.  The md5sum of the
image corresponds to that of edubuntu-6.10-install-i386.iso in

http://releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/MD5SUMS

However, it is a live cd installer.  I haven't checked but I presume the
-live- image is too?

Perhaps something wierd is happening here?

Gavin