Dapper - Differences in ISO images

[Steve Kratz]

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From: Mario Vukelic [mailto:mario.vukelic at dantian.org] 
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:22 PM
To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
Subject: Re: Dapper - Differences in ISO images

On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 16:09 -0500, Steve Kratz wrote:
> Does anyone have a definitive description of the 3 different ISO 
> images for Dapper? (as listed on
> http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/6.06/)
> 
> Desktop CD - Is this the traditional Live CD? Or is it a full-blown 
> install CD with Live support?
> 
> Alternate install -? Whats the dif between Alternative & Server?

Uh, the link you posted -has- the definitive descriptions:

Desktop CD
The desktop CD allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your computer
at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of
CD is what most people will want to use. 

Alternate install CD
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist
installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:

      * creating pre-configured OEM systems;
      * setting up automated deployments;
      * upgrading from older installations without network access;
      * LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
      * installs on systems with less than about 192MB of RAM.


Server install CD
The server install CD allows you to install Ubuntu permanently on a
computer.

(Oh well, I guess this one could use some work :)



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But, does the desktop CD >only< allow live CD access, or does it do the
standard install scripts that the alternate/server would do? In other
words, if I have the Desktop CD, and want to set up an array of disks,
are those options NOT in the boot menu, etc?