non-pae

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi Phill and everybody else who are interested in an installer for very
old computers,

There is a new and special version of the 9w installer, the OBI-9w
installer described at

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/9w#Ubuntu_14.04_LTS_text_non-pae_.27Trusty-npae124-text.iso.27_and_.27obi_Trusty-npae124-text-9w.iso.27

This version is made for very old computers without PAE capability. The
One Button Installer in run from the 9w installer's debian system. Now
there is a super light-weight installer, that can

- install from CD, DVD and USB
- create not only single boot but also dual boot systems.

Prepare partitions with Gparted and run the One Button Installer at the
advanced level to create dual boot or multi boot system.

There are special tarballs for the 9w installer, and these tarballs come
with the iso file. Right now I have only uploaded one iso file of the
OBI-9w installer. It contains a mini.iso version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
with Phill's non-pae kernel.

http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/9w/obi_Trusty-npae124-text-9w.iso

After installation you can easily build Lubuntu, Lubuntu Core, Ubuntu
Server or a custom system with your selection of packages.

Best regards
Nio

2014-05-14 15:42, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> Here we go Phill,
> 
> See this wiki page (and its sub-pages)
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/9w
> 
> Best regard
> Nio
> 
> 2014-05-13 16:00, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>> OK :-)
>>
>> 2014-05-13 15:50, Phill Whiteside skrev:
>>> I've removed the ISO from http://phillw.net/isos/non-pae/ and added the
>>> file http://phillw.net/isos/non-pae/non-pae.txt which points people to
>>> use https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI As and when you get time to
>>> make the wiki area for 9w I'll mention that as well :)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13 May 2014 14:46, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hi,
>>>
>>>     They are both uploaded to your server.
>>>
>>>     *OBI*
>>>
>>>     Lubuntu_14.04_eu-npae.tar.xz
>>>
>>>     We can both link (send people) to the description/instructions at
>>>
>>>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
>>>     and
>>>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI/Lubuntu_14.04_EndUser-nonPAE
>>>
>>>     *9w - needs a wiki page too*
>>>
>>>     A new version of the 9w installer has been uploaded as
>>>
>>>     http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/9w/Trusty-npae124-text.iso
>>>
>>>     It uses your non-pae kernel '124' and is based on the released and
>>>     updated/upgraded version of Ubuntu mini 14.04 LTS. See more details at
>>>     this link
>>>
>>>     http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2216356&page=2&p=13003216#post13003216
>>>
>>>     Best regards
>>>     Nio
>>>
>>>     2014-05-13 15:08, Phill Whiteside skrev:
>>>     > Hi,
>>>     >
>>>     > I've just had another person find the non-pae ISO (which I'm now going
>>>     > to take down), So if you could provide one (OBI / 9w) we can send
>>>     people
>>>     > there until I figure out this 'No CD mounted' issue.
>>>     >
>>>     > Regards,
>>>     >
>>>     > Phill.
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > On 13 May 2014 11:30, 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>>> wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     >     Hi again Phill,
>>>     >
>>>     >     I made a 'clean' Lubuntu tarball according to the changes
>>>     described in
>>>     >     my mail to you dated 11 May 2014 20:50. It is an OEM install
>>>     'ready for
>>>     >     the end user'. See this wiki page that I have not yet linked
>>>     to (except
>>>     >     in this mail)
>>>     >
>>>     >     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI/Lubuntu_14.04_EndUser-nonPAE
>>>     >
>>>     >     Lubuntu_14.04_eu-npae.tar.xz   # eu - End User
>>>     >
>>>     >     while the tarball with several tweaks is
>>>     >
>>>     >     Lubuntu_14.04oem-npae.tar.xz
>>>     >
>>>     >     Is this the tarball you want ?
>>>     >
>>>     >     -o-
>>>     >
>>>     >     In that case the next step is with 9w. Please tell me what you
>>>     think!
>>>     >
>>>     >     (I think a mini.iso text based version with the non-pae kernel is
>>>     >     'enough', but if you want something else, tell me, and I'll
>>>     check what
>>>     >     is possible within a CD size iso file.)
>>>     >
>>>     >     Best regards
>>>     >     Nio
>>>     >
>>>     >     2014-05-12 07:02, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>>     >     > Yes Phill,
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > I make 9w as a hybrid ISO file, which means that it can be
>>>     booted from
>>>     >     > CD as well as cloned from USB. This is the same feature as all
>>>     >     standard
>>>     >     > Ubuntu family iso files.
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > If there are some very old computers, that are confused by
>>>     the hybrid
>>>     >     > feature, I can easily upload a non-hybrid iso file by saving
>>>     a copy
>>>     >     > before the final isohybrid treatment.
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > However, there is one drawback with 9w. It will overwrite the
>>>     >     partition
>>>     >     > table, so it can only use the whole drive, while the current
>>>     >     version of
>>>     >     > the One Button Installer be be used to create dual or multi boot
>>>     >     systems.
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > I suggest that you try it. Hands on experience is almost always
>>>     >     the best :-)
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > Best regards
>>>     >     > Nio
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > 2014-05-11 23:25, Phill Whiteside skrev:
>>>     >     >> Can 9w boot from CD?
>>>     >     >>
>>>     >     >> Phillw