instructions for installing via usb with ALTERNATE cd?

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

Hi Matt
Why don't you increase your memory ???
256M RAM is quite little today !!!

Your X31 has 2 slots and you can put max 2GB ;-)
Get one, or even better fill both, with 1GB RAM's ;-))

Good luck & cheers, svobi



PS:
My X31 comes next week ;-)




On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 09:01 -0700, Matt Price wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i'm trying to instlal gutsy on an ibm thinkpad x31, which has no disk
> drive.  I've found and followed the instructions for installing via usb
> here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent
> however these instructions use the live cd, and as i have only 256M RAM
> on this computer, the installation always fails with an out-of-memory
> oerror.  
> 
> Does anyone know how to put the alternate cd onto a usb 'pen drive' &
> make it bootable?  I tried, blindly, just mounting the cd image:
> sudo mount gutsy-alternate.iso ~/ubuntuCD
> then copying everything over to the usb drive
> sudo rsync -azvb ~/ubuntuCD/ /media/ubuntu
> then making a second copy of the isolinux folder contents in the root
> directory:
> sudo rsync -azvb ~/ubuntuCD/isolinux/  /media/ubuntu
> then renaming and modifying isolinux.cfg
> cp isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg
> with stanzas modified approximately how they were modified forthe live
> cd:
> LABEL install
>   menu label ^Install in text mode
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append  file=preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=initrd.gz --
> 
> anyway, this is all following the wiki instructions, but blindly
> applyingthem to the alternate cd.  In any case, the initial syslinux
> screen comes up, and it gets me to a screen that says "loading the linux
> kernel" then the kernel appears to load, and the screen goes blank.
> andthat's it.  i'm wondering if it can't find the root file system or
> something, or if it's missing the video drivers...  i just don't know.
> 
> so, i'm just hoping that someone on the list has some ideas about howto
> proceed.  Thansks much,
> 
> matt
> 
>  
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