ubuntu text mode

Harold Hartley harold_hartley at verizon.net
Mon Oct 1 11:49:49 UTC 2007


Twist O'Connor wrote:
> umm last time i checked it only does text version if your using an 
> alternet version... though i dont know why you would need anything 
> diffrent... they all basicly do the same thing....
> 
> On 9/30/07, *andy baxter* <andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk 
> <mailto:andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby wrote:
>      > Harold Hartley wrote:
>      >
>      >> Does the ubuntu live CD have the choice to install in text mode
>     only if
>      >> I so choose.
>      >>
>      >
>      > Install the server version of Ubuntu.
>      > ftp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/cdimage/ubuntu-server/daily/current
>     <ftp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/cdimage/ubuntu-server/daily/current>
>      >
>      >
>     I think that unless you're specifically wanting to use it as a server,
>     it might be better to go for the 'alternate desktop CD' - there's a
>     check box at the bottom of the page:
> 
>     http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
> 
Well, for one thing is I said I have a 1.2 gig hard drive and 192 megs 
ram, so I don't want to load/install all the graphical files at all.
I don't need a server as I am running the system in text mode as a ham 
radio gateway and all it needs is text mode and nothing else except for 
the iptables of course...

Harold




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