[lubuntu-users] Boot Lubuntu from USB bios & uefi

[Wilbert Heeringa]

Dear Nio,

Thank you so much for your helpful response! Thanks also to Israel and
Andre.

> The UEFI-and-BIOS systems dated May 2016 are 64-bit

There are two images dated 27-May-2016:

dd_text_16.04-UEFI-n-BIOS_2016-05-27_4-pendrive-7.8GB.img.xz
dd_text_16.04-UEFI-n-BIOS_2016-05-27_intel-4-pendrive-7.8GB.img.xz

Which one would you advise?

Best regards,

Wilbert




2016-11-30 20:13 GMT+01:00 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com>:

> Den 2016-11-30 kl. 19:48, skrev Wilbert Heeringa:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> For a course in Ivory Coast I want to distribute USB sticks with Lubuntu
>> Linux and a Docker container inside. Docker works only for 64 bits OS,
>> so I need a 64 bits version.
>>
>> Since I don't know whether the students' computers work with BIOS or
>> UEFI, it would be great to create bootable pendrives that work for any
>> computer.
>>
>> I studied a bit about syslinux and found this very complicated, and also
>> very risky. This is simply too much for me.
>>
>> I looked around further and found this site:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UEFI-and-BIOS
>> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UEFI-and-BIOS>
>>
>> with a repository of images at:
>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/uefi-n-bios/
>>
>> made by Phil Whiteside. That looks wonderful. My question is now: is
>> there also a 64 bit version available? For some it is explicitely
>> indicated that they are meant for i386 (so I should not use them), but I
>> feel unsure about the other ones.
>>
>> Also: we buy either 8GB or 16 GB pendrives. Which image would work best?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Wilbert
>>
>>
> Dear Wilbert,
>
> The UEFI-and-BIOS systems dated May 2016 are 64-bit. These systems are
> *installed* systems (can be installed into USB sticks, SSDs, HDDs or memory
> cards, and works like a normal installed system).
>
> If you intend to use the USB sticks also for installing systems into other
> computers, it might be a good idea to have live systems or persistent live
> systems. The Lubuntu 64-bit iso files can also boot in both BIOS and UEFI
> mode.
>
> Is it possible that some student has a 32-bit computer? You can make
> persistent live systems with 32-bit Lubuntu, that can boot in both 32-bit
> computers and 64-bit computers, and in both BIOS and UEFI mode. This is
> when you use the usb-pack-efi for booting.
>
> So maybe you should make some master USB sticks just to check that they
> work for you, and maybe bring more than one configuration, even if I
> understand that the focus is on 64-bit systems.
>
> -o-
>
> It is much easier to find USB 3 pendrives with good performance among
> those with 16 GB. See this link and links from it for details about the
> data transfer speed of pendrives.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#
> Notes_about_speed
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
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