Lubuntu cd under 700mb?

[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2015-04-10 22:04, Brendan Perrine skrev:
> On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:27:10 +0000
> Marc Tremblay <mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca> wrote:
> 
>> ?Are you able to get the machine to boot by USB? If you can just use Unetbootin to create a bootable USB drive with your Lubuntu ISO image.
>>
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>> From: lubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com <lubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Ian Pride <faithnomoread at yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 12:24 PM
>> To: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Lubuntu cd under 700mb?
>>
>> Hello, I have an old xp machine that I wanted to convert to linux and since I like Debian based /apt package management I wanted to try Lubuntu. My issue is that the machine only has a cd drive and the Lubuntu disc (which I downloaded from here several times: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu) and it is 705mb every time and won't on a 700mb. Are there any files on the image that can be further compressed? Maybe using 7z ultra compression. I only need to lose 5 mb. I can't afford a dvd drive atm and it's not really worth it for me to get one anyone as I have other Linux machines already. Thanks in advanced for any help.
> 
> This is a way to get some computers to boot from usb when they don't want to. Now that I think of it bringing a disc of this to have around at a linux users group might be handy. If someone brings an old machine that can't boot from a dvd or usb. 
> 
> https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html
> 

Plop should work :-) If not there are other methods:


1. Start from Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (and update/upgrade). You find iso
files listed with sizes in Gibibytes and can download them here:

http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.04.1/release/


2. Install a small image and then install the meta-package

lubuntu-desktop


a. Start from the Ubuntu 14.04 mini.iso that you find via

http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/netboot/trusty/

according to the description at

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall


b. Install via a tarball with OBI-9w

You can install

http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/9w/obi_Trusty-nonpae-txt5-9w.iso

according to the description at

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/9w
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/9w/Manual
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/9w/ScreenShots


Best regards
Nio