[lubuntu-devel] Some stuff I learnt whilst installing lubuntu 15.10 64 bit desktop image

[Phill. Whiteside]

Hi Ian,

well as we approach the 'funnies' land of one off bugs. Can you boot the
media and run the self test on it, that means we know we have a clean burn
of the iso to the DVD. You may also want to try out the alternate image,
which will fit on a CD - But with 1GB RAM, even if shared by video card.
Also, do not select the update while installing, if there is a hiccup in
the internet connection it will fail.

Regards,
Phill.

On 31 January 2016 at 21:58, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Phil,
>
> On 31 January 2016 at 21:40, Phill. Whiteside <phillwuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> thanks for the feedback. Can you say which install ISO you used? I'
>> surmising one of the two alternate ones if you put it onto a CD.
>>
> It was lubuntu 15.10 desktop AMD64. It was a DVD-R! I assumed it was a
> CD-R, but no it is a DVD-R I had knocking around from previous installs.
>
>
>> Wiping the HDD is not needed, the installer will happily do that for you
>> :P (one of the complaints when some one says "YES, I'd like you to delete
>> everything on my HDD" and then realise a couple of minutes later just what
>> they asked the installer to do :) )
>>
> Wiping the hard disc is done as a courtesy to whoever passed on the
> hardware. Sometimes I even have to copy the existing data files etc to
> optical disc as a favour before wiping the hard disc. I even have
> LibreOffice Draw template files so their files can go into a nice, printed
> case for the disc.
>
> 1GB RAM and that processor should not cause any issues for install.
>>
> Well, I made two attempts at installing with the option to download newer
> files during the install. Both times it failed whilst "Configuring
> timezone" and the crash dialogue stated that it was sending crash data to
> Canonical. I then tried doing the install without installing newer files
> and the install worked. Also, I haven't checked the PC to see how much RAM
> the graphics subsystem has grabbed.
>
> BW,
>
>
> Ian
>
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