On 01/06/16 15:53, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 06/01/2016 08:39 AM, E James wrote: >> On 01/06/16 15:13, Aere Greenway wrote: >>> Since I need to get the wireless working first on my machines before >>> installing, I prefer to use the live desktop version (rather than the >>> alternate install), so I would probably not use a CD-size alternate install >>> version anyway. >>> >> If you're maintaining support for older hardware (like my Shuttle), it's >> worth pointing out that the Alternate install will work with 512MB ram while >> the Live Desktop won't. >> >> > The live system install has worked for me on my older machines having 512 > megabytes of RAM, including on Lubuntu 16.04. > > It hasn't yet failed on a live system install with 512 megabytes of RAM. > > There was a problem with level 12.04, where it was necessary to remove the > ubiquity slide-show, and there were problems getting zram working, but it has > been flawless in the last several releases. >
My mistake. It has probably been a few years since my last experience but I recall the failure of the install procedure on the Live Desktop several times until I realised that it required a minimum of around 800MB of ram. The Alternate CD did the job. I didn't know that the limitation had been remedied. It's also possible that I'm remembering Ubuntu rather than Lubuntu. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
