On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:27:10 +0000 Marc Tremblay <mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca> wrote:
> ?Are you able to get the machine to boot by USB? If you can just use > Unetbootin to create a bootable USB drive with your Lubuntu ISO image. > > ________________________________ > From: lubuntu-users-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com > <lubuntu-users-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Ian Pride > <faithnomor...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 12:24 PM > To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Lubuntu cd under 700mb? > > Hello, I have an old xp machine that I wanted to convert to linux and since I > like Debian based /apt package management I wanted to try Lubuntu. My issue > is that the machine only has a cd drive and the Lubuntu disc (which I > downloaded from here several times: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu) and it is 705mb every > time and won't on a 700mb. Are there any files on the image that can be > further compressed? Maybe using 7z ultra compression. I only need to lose 5 > mb. I can't afford a dvd drive atm and it's not really worth it for me to get > one anyone as I have other Linux machines already. Thanks in advanced for any > help. This is a way to get some computers to boot from usb when they don't want to. Now that I think of it bringing a disc of this to have around at a linux users group might be handy. If someone brings an old machine that can't boot from a dvd or usb. https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html -- Brendan Perrine <walteror...@gmail.com> -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
