Questions about Ubuntu 18.04 live/install ISO

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:29:16 +0000 Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu at ki.se>, "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 07:47 -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
> > I am trying to run/install Ubuntu 18.04 in a VM on my CentOS 6 Laptop and
> > it 
> > is never coming up.  The boot process seems to be looping.  I have two 
> > questions:
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> > Does live/install ISO Ubuntu 18.04 need a connection to the public
> > Internet to 
> > come up?  I only have dialup Internet and initially, the network will be
> > to a 
> > closed vlan.  Is the a problem?
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> > Also, I have only allocated 1G of RAM to the VM.  Is this too little?
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> Hi,
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> Ubuntu Server Live requires a network connection to be there for the
> installation to progress.
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> The Desktop version I don't believe needs that.
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> Is your VM set to use a NAT or a bridged conenction?

I've tried both, neither make any difference.

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> Also, 1 GB RAM is fine for a CLI-server. More's needed for running a DE.
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