[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 1

Fri Jun 3 14:01:23 UTC 2016

Hi again Kent,

You are welcome :-)

Best regards
Nio

Den 2016-06-03 kl. 14:23, skrev Kent C:
> Nio/Lubuntu Users,
>
> Thanks a lot for this information! I'm currently supporting Lubuntu
> 15.10 all over the net as I can, and run the blog "lubuntu1510.info"
> which has all the stuff I've been running into that I can't google I've
> had to resolve. I love this OS and wanted to list all the ISO's
> including the CD version. I'm using an old DELL Dimension 3000 which
> couldn't run any other OS too great, and decided to give the version of
> Lubuntu I'm supporting a shot. Not only does this work great but I'm
> able to use in a business setting as I'm working at a non-profit 501c3.
> Even made some of the HP Printers we've received earn a new life and use!
>
> Appreciate the link, I'm going to be updating the blog some more to
> reflect those things mentioned so that version is easy to gain in case
> anyone needs such.
>
> Thank you again.
>
> Kent C.
>
>> On June 2, 2016 at 7:47 PM Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Kent,
>>
>> There are the Ubuntu mini.iso files and the Ubuntu Server iso files
>>
>> http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/netboot/
>>
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server
>>
>> You can install any of the Ubuntu family flavours (Kubuntu, Lubuntu, ...
>> Xubuntu) from these iso files, and they are within CD size.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>> Den 2016-06-01 kl. 14:37, skrev Kent C:
>>
>>> All,
>>> This is in reply to Message: 2
>>> It would be nice if there were a set of CD ISO we could download that
>>> was stripped down or just a set that basically we could use in
>>> conjuntion like Yellow Dog Linux used to have that were CD.
>>> That way we could, and I see the point of keeping such as to re-use the
>>> older equipment. Sometimes that's the only way an ISO can be used is
>>> by CD.
>>> Not sure if anyone would be willing to split the DVD or USB iso to multi
>>> CD iso, but I'm in favor!
>>> Kent C.
>>> 01.06.2016, 05:00, "lubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com"
>>> <lubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>:
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>> >> Today's Topics:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Re: Lubuntu 16.04 Alternate from a USB stick No network (E James)
>> >> 2. Let us discuss: Lubuntu alternate iso files are oversized
>> >> for CD disks (Nio Wiklund)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> Message: 1
>> >> Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 20:35:36 +0100
>> >> From: E James <e_james at moladn.net <mailto:e_james at moladn.net>>
>> >> To: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> <mailto:lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> >> Subject: Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 16.04 Alternate from a USB stick
>> >> No network
>> >> Message-ID: <574DE788.2080804 at moladn.net
>> >> <mailto:574DE788.2080804 at moladn.net>>
>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>> >>
>> >> On 31/05/16 17:50, Andre Campos Rodovalho wrote:
>> >>
>> >> What is your video card?
>> >>
>> >> The longer story....
>> >>
>> >> I have a Shuttle with an Athlon XP 2000+ cpu and 512MB ram.
>> >> It is configured for dual boot - Windows (XP Pro) / Linux (now
>> >> Lubuntu 14.04).
>> >> It was running Lubuntu 12.04 and I wanted to use ffmpeg but I
>> >> got an error messsage - "illegal operation" so I thought to
>> >> upgrade it to 16.04.
>> >> I have a 32GB usb stick which currently has 21 different
>> >> boot/install options using YUMI multiboot. I wasn't sure if the PC
>> >> would boot from it but it did, up to the point of the YUMI menu.
>> >> Every option I tried from the menu would start to boot and then
>> >> hang at apparently the same point in the boot process. The PC has
>> >> a DVD drive but won't boot from DVD, only CD. The 16.04 Alternate
>> >> iso won't fit on a CD. So I did a distribution upgrade to 14.04
>> >> and still ffmpeg wouldn't run. Then I caught on that the version
>> >> of ffmpeg I was using was too modern for the cpu so I compiled one
>> >> which worked. I can presumably do another upgrade to 16.04 if I
>> >> still want it, but not until the option is available from the
>> >> update manager. Currently the PC is doing what I want it to do ...
>> >> slowly. I am in no hurry to make further changes.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'm assuming you are referring to my Shuttle PC. I think this extract
>> >> from lshw is what you want.
>> >>
>> >> *-display UNCLAIMED
>> >> description: VGA compatible controller
>> >> product: VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]
>> >> vendor: S3 Graphics Ltd.
>> >> physical id: 0
>> >> bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
>> >> version: 00
>> >> width: 32 bits
>> >> clock: 66MHz
>> >> capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller bus_master
>> >> cap_list
>> >> configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=255 mingnt=4
>> >> resources: memory:ec000000-ec07ffff
>> >> memory:e0000000-e7ffffff memory:ec080000-ec08ffff
>> >>
>> >> If you're thinking it might have something to do with the failure to
>> >> boot from usb, there's another idea I stumbled across some time ago,
>> >> possibly in connection with this PC. Apparently some boot processes
>> >> temporarily disable the usb controller - not very helpful if you're
>> >> using it to boot.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> Message: 2
>> >> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:57:58 +0200
>> >> From: Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>> <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>>
>> >> To: lubuntu user list <Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >> <mailto:Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>>, lubuntu-devel
>> >> <lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >> <mailto:lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>>
>> >> Cc: Alberto Salvia Novella <es20490446e at gmail.com
>> >> <mailto:es20490446e at gmail.com>>
>> >> Subject: [lubuntu-users] Let us discuss: Lubuntu alternate iso files
>> >> are oversized for CD disks
>> >> Message-ID: <574ECDC6.7050700 at gmail.com
>> >> <mailto:574ECDC6.7050700 at gmail.com>>
>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
>> >>
>> >> Hi Lubuntuers,
>> >>
>> >> Let us discuss the problem that the current Lubuntu alternate iso files
>> >> are oversized for CD disks. I filed a bug report about it, but it has
>> >> not generated much heat.
>> >>
>> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1572429
>> >>
>> >> Do you want to make an effort to create a CD sized alternate iso file,
>> >> or is it time for Lubuntu to abandon those old computers, that only
>> boot
>> >> from CD?
>> >>
>> >> We can suggest to try booting via Plop and a USB boot drive
>> >> (chainloading after Plop has supplied a USB driver).
>> >>
>> >> Best regards
>> >> Nio
>> >>
>> >>
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