instructions for installing via usb with ALTERNATE cd?

[Matt Price]

On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 08:48 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> 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 ;-))
> 
hmm, that's a great idea, though not exactly a solution to my immediate
problem -- any idea what it'd cost?  i guess i should google that!

thx,
matt

ps answers to my original query still welcome -- i've always preferred
the 'alternate' install route anyway...

> 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
> > 
> >  
> > 
> 
> 
-- 
Matt Price
matt.price at utoronto.ca
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