[lubuntu-users] Let us discuss: Lubuntu alternate iso files are oversized for CD disks

[E James]

On 01/06/16 15:53, Aere Greenway wrote:
> On 06/01/2016 08:39 AM, E James wrote:
>> On 01/06/16 15:13, Aere Greenway wrote:
>>> Since I need to get the wireless working first on my machines before installing, I prefer to use the live desktop version (rather than the alternate install), so I would probably not use a CD-size alternate install version anyway.
>>>
>> If you're maintaining support for older hardware (like my Shuttle), it's worth pointing out that the Alternate install will work with 512MB ram while the Live Desktop won't.
>>
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> The live system install has worked for me on my older machines having 512 megabytes of RAM, including on Lubuntu 16.04.
> 
> It hasn't yet failed on a live system install with 512 megabytes of RAM.
> 
> There was a problem with level 12.04, where it was necessary to remove the ubiquity slide-show, and there were problems getting zram working, but it has been flawless in the last several releases.
> 


My mistake. It has probably been a few years since my last experience but I recall the failure of the install procedure on the Live Desktop several times until I realised that it required a minimum of around 800MB of ram. The Alternate CD did the job. I didn't know that the limitation had been remedied. It's also possible that I'm remembering Ubuntu rather than Lubuntu.