Ubuntu installer
Pybe
squalidstuff at gmail.com
Fri Feb 4 21:28:51 UTC 2005
No GLBF = Generic Linux Boot Floppy
>From www.deesconsulting.com as per my oringinal email.
Pybe
On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 07:49 +0100, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> Hello
>
> GLBF, Gentoo Linux Boot Floppy
> http://glbf.sourceforge.net
>
> Thomas
>
> Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > Wow, sounds great ! Please give us his e-mail, if 1,000 of us ask him
> > for a Ubuntu version of his floppy, he might consider it !! :o)
> >
> > Vince
> >
> >
> >
> >>Every one on the list email this really nice guy who made a boot floppy
> >>that can install directly from an iso image on a fat or linux partition
> >>(works great for Fedora). I tried to fiddle it to install ubuntu for me
> >>but couldn't and ended up doing a net install booted from my existing
> >>fedora grub conf.
> >>
> >>Any way here is an email from him in response to my asking for help to
> >>get it work with an Ubuntu iso (05/01/2005):
> >>
> >>Hi James. I'm glad that GLBF has been useful for you. Yours is the
> >>first feedback I've gotten on it, so I've kind of been wondering whether
> >>it works great for everyone or just doesn't work at all ;)
> >>
> >>I'm actually working on this exact problem at the moment, with the
> >>Sentry firewall distribution. It has a similarly long list of necessary
> >>kernel options that are being ignored. Although the README file says
> >>otherwise, adding more than one kernel option, even with quoting, is
> >>completely broken. I've been able to create distro-specific versions
> >>for my own use to work around this problem, but I'm hoping to have a
> >>real fix in the next couple of weeks.
> >>
> >>Sorry I can't really suggest a workaround at the moment. Thank you for
> >>reporting this problem.
> >>
> >>-Ben
> >>Dees Consulting
> >>info at deesconsulting.com
> >>www.deesconsulting.com
> >
> >
> >
>
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