Hi, My experience has been 512MB is on the edge for installing Lubuntu. I agree with the statement that running the installer ONLY, rather than the Live desktop AND installer will be the best thing for that little RAM.
The Live System is a great way to test a computer! But when you have 512 RAM, it is better to install only. I think Leszek may be right for the Live CD Installer... I think the BOOT option to INSTALL requires 384+ MB So 512MB is very easy to do this way. Try it this way first!! On 10/15/2014 11:13 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 10/15/2014 09:37 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: >> As I recall, when I last did this, installing from running the live >> desktop, it died during the install, after which I ran the install >> from booting (rather from the live desktop), and it succeeded. > I remembered more details on the installation mentioned above. > > It was a Pentium 4. > > It actually didn't totally succeed. It got to the very end of the > installation, where it removes language packs and installation-related > packages, and died there. But it had already updated GRUB, and > therefore the new system booted, and they have been using that system > with no problems reported to me since then. > > Not having done the cleanup, they are wasting disk space (which they > have plenty of), and may have to install updates to packages they will > never use. > > I did not have an alternate-install CD with me when I upgraded their > system. > > I probably could have saved space by purging the ubiquity slideshow > package (which has solved problems installing with 512 MB RAM in the > past), but I didn't try that where I was running low on time. > -- Regards -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
