[Ubuntu-US-PA] Help With Installation (12.04)

[Thomas Corwin]

Okay. I will go buy one and create a boot disk. Thanks Lee and Thomas!

Thomas

On Sep 3, 2012, at 12:46 PM, "Thomas Ward" <trekcaptainusa.tw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I fully agree with Lee.  Ubuntu images are not small, and it is easier
> to get a full sized CD than to convince an older system, or one that
> is being difficult, to boot via USB.
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> Thomas
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> *Sent from my iPhone.  Please excuse any typos, as they are likely to
> happen by accident.*
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> On Sep 3, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 09/03/2012 11:03 AM, Thomas Corwin wrote:
>>> The only CDs I have are the Pocket CD-RW. It only has 210MB of memory. Ubuntu requires a minimum of 694MB
>> 
>> Ah...  Well, those are not "average" CDs.  I highly recommend you spend a dollar and get a real one with 700 meg.  It is easier than making a bootable USB and then trying to convince a difficult system to boot from it.
>> 
>>           Lee
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