[xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 14.04 released!

[Fred Roller]

On 04/18/2014 06:16 AM, David Walland wrote:
> Can one pre-load the iso onto the hard drive and boot from there?  I 
> have the kit to read/write to an external hard drive via a USB port 
> and was wondering about whether this is a way of loading a newer 
> version of the X/L/Ubuntu family on my old laptops which can't handle 
> DVD nor boot from USB.  Any ideas on what should be done to prevent 
> over-writing etc during the process?
>
> My oldest laptops don't even have ethernet (although if I can find the 
> right edge-interfacing - 124 contact - modem/ethernet card, I have the 
> possibility of an upgrade - anyone know which ones would fit Toshiba 
> Satellite 1710CDS machines?).
>
> The point with these is that they can be upgraded surprisingly far, 
> very cheaply (£10 - £15 will buy a faster Pentium chip and much more 
> memory than the machine is "supposed" to handle; never believe the 
> stated maximum memory or HDD size), making them quite usable with a 
> USB wifi dongle and Xubuntu or other Linux on them.  This would allow 
> people who can't afford to buy a machine to have a functioning one and 
> access to the internet - something we're planning locally.
>
> Regards
>
> David Walland
>
>
>
> On 18 April 2014 03:28, Fred Roller <fredroller66 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:fredroller66 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 04/17/2014 05:59 PM, Peter Flynn wrote:
>
>         On 04/17/2014 10:13 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>
>             It appears from the size of thees images that we are now
>             beyond CD capability?
>
>
>         That would be a great pity. I regularly encounter machines
>         that will run Xubuntu but which have a BIOS that has no
>         USB-boot option, so a CD is required.
>
>         ///Peter
>
>     same here.  I deal with introducing linux to under privileged
>     community , via xubuntu, and the machines they have access to
>     often don't boot usb which at that age means no dvd but cd.  The
>     cure I end up with is burning a Plop cd which will find the usb
>     thumbdrive for installation.  For those interested in this approach:
>
>     http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/index.html
>
>     Handy tool.  Still wish there was a <700 mb version or will they
>     release a net install iso Xubuntu?
>
>     Fred
>
>
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This could be of some use. Talk of using remastersys:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10966712/how-to-create-image-of-currently-installed-ubuntuon-my-laptop

may have to experiment myself.

HTH
Fred
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