Re: [Lubuntu-qa] an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-06-30 Thread Jörn Schönyan
c. this could be totally unrelated to UEFI. I can try again, but what I know is that for example Ubuntu 12.04.2 boots from USB repeatedly without any problems. A 32-bit system with the same 'license' or 'key' should work too, and would be a good candidate for a truly portable sy

Re: an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-29 Thread Yorvyk
Anybody looking for a solution to the portable idea, a friend-of-a-friend offered me his solution. Which is to use combined thumb drive and SD card reader. He uses a couple of these with the OS / on the flash part and /home on an SD card which is inserted into the appropriate thumb drive. This

Re: an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-25 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 05/25/2013 01:16 PM, Yorvyk wrote: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/102 ... > After all that it looks like your idea is virtually impossible. Well, I'd say that it seems *possible* -- but it reduces the set of i386 machines that will boot the resulting "truly portabl

Re: an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-25 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 05/25/2013 12:07 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > I think it is good to have a portable live or persistent live system > on a USB pendrive. You need not carry a computer, only the pendrive, > and you can borrow almost any computer to run it. There are some alternatives to be considered: (1) For ultim

Re: an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-25 Thread Yorvyk
s etc. this could be totally unrelated to UEFI. I can try again, but what I know is that for example Ubuntu 12.04.2 boots from USB repeatedly without any problems. A 32-bit system with the same 'license' or 'key' should work too, and would be a good candidate for a truly porta

Re: an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-25 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 05/25/2013 08:59 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > I suggest that we try to make a Lubuntu iso file, that can boot in > 'all' computers with intel/amd CPUs. Let's avoid copying threads to "every imaginable Lubuntu mailing list"... pick the one list that is appropriate for your topic. The closest thing

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
nk such a generally >> portable live system needs to be created in a professional way with >> the licensing tools, that are used in the 64-bit iso files. >> > With out any error messages etc. this could be totally unrelated to UEFI. I can try again, but what I know is th

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-25 Thread Yorvyk
On 25/05/13 18:49, Jörn Schönyan wrote: Am 25.05.2013 19:11, schrieb Yorvyk: On 25/05/13 16:59, Nio Wiklund wrote: Hi everybody, I suggest that we try to make a Lubuntu iso file, that can boot in 'all' computers with intel/amd CPUs. Why? I fail to see any benefit from this. This idea isn't

an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

2013-05-25 Thread Nio Wiklund
cklisted by some UEFI janitor, maybe something was overwritten. So I think such a generally portable live system needs to be created in a professional way with the licensing tools, that are used in the 64-bit iso files. I think an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers would be interesting also