install ubuntu using something else method - Was: Out of Space

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 10 August 2016 04:33:10 Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 23:08:14 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> Again, the OP of the original thread is Richard and then the thread
> >> was hijacked regarding another issue, experienced by Gene, so I
> >> opened a new thread for Gene's issue.
> >
> >Which I hope is this thread now.
>
> Yes Sir, it is :).
>
> Regards,
> Ralf

Ok, I just tried to run the ubuntu-mate-16.04_LTS dvd as a live session.

Unfortunately I was unable to establish a static network connection, 
going thru the network settings facilities. Went around that brier patch 
10+ times.   I believe because although it was showing me some off the 
wall interface names with what looked like ipv6 serial numbers, it 
requires a MAC address, and that was unk to my wet ram. I even tried 
entering that HWaddr 00:1f:c6:62:fc:bb in the MAC box, no effect.

There is a dhcp server running in the router, but its limited to the MAC 
of my lappy, so to the ubuntu-mate 16.04 LTS iso, there was not a usable 
dhcp server.  I even tried to edit /etc/network/interfaces, but found it 
wasn't writable by me, and I have no clue how to get root perms from the 
dvd live boot.

I would, and although it did seem to remember what data I had plugged 
into its "add" data fields, have to assume that the user "ubuntu-mate" 
simply does not have sufficient rights to setup a static network.  And 
no clue how to acquire those rights.  Since the "ubuntu-mate" user is an 
automatic login, it seems to be a gotcha engineered in.  Bad dog, no 
biscuit.

So obviously I did not try the install, since from several previous 
experiences it will NOT succeed w/o a valid network connection when the 
install button is clicked.

My whole network is on a 192.168.xx.nn addressing scheme, which means the 
router itself is not at 192.168.1.1, but an address that avahi or any 
other discovery tools never tries. The router will, IIRC, respond to a 
query at its class d using 255 as the last triplet.

So thats my problem at the present time. I'll see if I can setup one dhcp 
available address in the router thats available to all, and try it 
again, probably tomorrow. Right now I have several hundred sq foot of 
weeds to attend to with a weed eater, and a piece of brass that needs 
filed to fit with a thousandth tolerance before my "little monster" 
lathe can cut threads again.

Well, after about an hour out in 90F weather, the weed eater started 
losing power, possibly too hot and or low on fuel, but it matched the 
pains in my legs, so both are cooling. My diabeticly poor leg 
circulation has the calf muscles screaming for more oxygen when I overdo 
it, and this sort of "exercise" qualifies.

Suggestions on setting up a working static network in the live DVD booted 
situation will be appreciated in the meantime.

Thanks everybody.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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