[Lubuntu-qa] One Button Installer improved with dialog menus and xz compression

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi Federico,

I'm glad that your system is portable via the tarball :-)

OK, I was conservative, and kept the simple, fast and less memory-greedy
gzip compression, but I listen to your advice, so I will prepare to make
xz compression standard in the next version. I guess you know that xz is
slower expanding (maybe 25%) and much slower compressing (it needs more
than the double time), and you still want to because small size is
highest priority?

And thanks for the observation about the "Attempt to read or write
outside of disk hd0" and PATA.

Best regards
Nio

On 2013-10-27 16:10, Federico Leoni wrote:
> Hi Nio,
> 
> I successfully "transplanted" a tarball created with my P3 notebook
> starting from the tarball of Lubuntu 13.10 for the OBI installer.  The
> target was my netbook, an Hp Mini 1030nr with 16 Gb SSD and 2gb ram
> (specs here http://phillw.net/hardware/bqba4zbd).  All worked fine, I've
> installed the system in less than 10 minutes already configured for my
> needs.
> The unique observation is about the compression: please let the
> installer create xz tarball as default.
> 
> About the "Attempt to read or write outside of disk hd0" issue seems it
> happens just with PATA disk/controller as is my note. On my netbook and
> desktop, both with a SATA setup, the error never shows. I'll investigate
> more deeply.
> 
> F.
> 
> Em 25/10/2013 18:38, "Federico Leoni" <effelle at gmail.com
> <mailto:effelle at gmail.com>> escreveu:
> 
>     I'll already tried to manage fstab and grub on  OBI installer but
>     didn't work. The error si still here... Perhaps with boot repair but I
>     need to install a graphical interface. I'll try now.
>     F.
> 
>     2013/10/25 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>>:
>     > Yes, Federico.
>     >
>     > That issue at AskUbuntu is similar, but unfortunately there is no
>     reply
>     > or solution yet. I will have a second look at it. And maybe the
>     problem
>     > will disappear, when I upgrade the OBI from the present 13.04
>     version to
>     > 13.10.
>     >
>     > The system behind the OBI was make with the 13.04 mini.iso, and can be
>     > managed with apt-get and other command line tools. You can test that
>     > too, if you like, and try to repair it with e2fsck -f. You can even
>     > install lubuntu-core or lubuntu-desktop if the USB drive is big enough
>     > and integrate a graphical desktop environment with the OBI. But
>     > obviously, more RAM will be necessary for it to work properly.
>     >
>     > Best regards
>     > Nio
>     >
>     > On 2013-10-25 21:12, Federico Leoni wrote:
>     >> Nio, I've forgot to say I'm looking informations for the error
>     >> "Attempt to read or write outside of disk hd0"  that seems related
>     >> with grub config for me.
>     >>
>     >> No luck till now but I found a question (without answer for now) to a
>     >> very similar situation even if the structure of the usb disk is
>     >> different:
>     >>
>     >>
>     http://askubuntu.com/questions/360659/attempt-to-read-or-write-outside-of-disk-hd0-problem
>     >>
>     >> F.
>     >>
>     >> 2013/10/25 Federico Leoni <effelle at gmail.com
>     <mailto:effelle at gmail.com>>:
>     >>> Ok. Just for the sake of the developer, Ubuntu gnome 12.04, and the
>     >>> derivates Bodhi Linux 2.3.0 and lxle doesn't work on my notebook.
>     >>> Md5sums were correct but, as already told, this release of ubuntu
>     >>> always gave me problems with the integrated video (i830)...
>     >>> Lubuntu, tarballs are working fine, I did not test kubuntu or other
>     >>> version of ubuntu.
>     >>>
>     >>> Just my 2c.
>     >>>
>     >>> F.
>     >>>
>     >>> 2013/10/25 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>>:
>     >>>> On 2013-10-25 13:36, Federico Leoni wrote:
>     >>>>> 2013/10/25 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>
>     >>>>> <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>>>
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>>> About the usb script (mkusb v4), my fault didn't read this:
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> 7. Alternative to running the tasks 4-6 above: use mkusb
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> Would you suggest that I put the suggestion to use mkusb
>     first (before
>     >>>>>> the manual method)?
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> Definitely. The script is good and quite easy to follow.
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>>> I recreated the usb (this time without a keystroke) with
>     >>>>>>> GnomeClassic1204-oem.tar.xz tarball. Took 7 minutes with a
>     4GB SanDisk
>     >>>>>>> Cruzer Edge but it seems this file isn't working with OBI:
>     when I
>     >>>>>>> select it an error appears but it's too fast to read.
>     >>>>>>> I've already used oem configuration in the past, so for me
>     is good to
>     >>>>>>> go. Waaaaay better.
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> So you suggest using OEM install.
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> Yes, because after a complete install is normal for an average
>     user to
>     >>>>> create a new user/pass. But skilled used will love too!
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>>> Download the tarballs via network reminds me unetbootin, I
>     like the
>     >>>>>>> idea if you can ensure a good bandwidth...
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> I intend to implement it when I have the time ...
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> And I'll be there to test it.
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>> I didn't see this mail, when I sent the previous reply. So
>     there was
>     >>>>>> some temporary error when you tried the first time with
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> GnomeClassic1204-oem.tar.xz
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> Was it caused by something, that I could remove or improve?
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> An error while copying tarball. Nothing to worry about.
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>> I'll try to make a tarball with Lubuntu 13.10 OEM :-)
>     >>>>>> But I cannot do it until next week.
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> What??? I could be DEAD next week! :D
>     >>>>> Drop me a line when ready...
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> F.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Thanks for the feedback :-)
>     >>>> Best regards/Nio
>     >
>