7.1.0 server installation issues

[Joe Gedeon]

Aren't the educational packages on the second CD for the Edubuntu Server
Edition?

On Jan 6, 2008 6:26 PM, Charles Austin <ceaustin at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Jan 6, 2008 5:14 PM, DB Clinton <dbclin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I installed Edubuntu Server on a box (1.7ghz, 4gigHD, 256RAM) that's not
> > connected to the internet to see whether a clean install would at least
> > give me the basics of thin client networking. I had little success in
> > that area
>
> You may be OK with a standard Edubuntu workstation, but I don't see a
> server running on less than 1GB of RAM.
>
>
> > (besides the fact that the Edubuntu box can access files on a
> > Win98 box via Samba).
> > But that's not my problem right now: for some reason none of the
> > educational packages were installed on the system
>
>
> I have this same experience with 7.10.  The educational packages are easy
> enough to install from the net, why don't you have it connected?
>
>
> > (it's not that there
> > wasn't enough space: there are still 1.3gig left on the hard drive) and
> > Synaptic doesn't have any reference to them (even with the CD in the
> > drive). Also, none of the media players will work because they lack
> > codecs. Do all of these packages require Internet access? If so, does
> > that mean that 'buntus are pretty much useless without the Internet?
> >
>
> I would at least give the box internet access for the install, even if you
> decide to disconnect it later.
>
> >
> > Next question:
> > I uninstalled my Wubi version of Edubuntu from my own computer and
> > prepared to replace it with real disk partition to create a dual-boot (I
> > first did a disk defrag from Windows and checked the integrity of the
> > Edubuntu CD). The partition went well, but the install itself froze late
> >
> > in the process while installing BRI TTY (or something like it).
> > Naturally, when I rebooted, the system went nowhere. I tried again from
> > scratch (hoping the install process would somehow pick up on the
> > previous failed attempt - to no avail) and this time, too, it froze,
> > leaving a message "Build LTSP chroot failed".
> > But for the grace of SYSRESCUECD I would now be left with nothing - but
> > I'm at least back in my old WinXP.
> > Running the Edubuntu CD's rescue mode was entirely unhelpful.
> > Is there any way to rescue what's been lost and/or is there any way to
> > avoid such crashes on future installs?
>
> With thanks again,
> > David Clinton
> >
>
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