Quoting Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > When I have to install Ubuntu on "challenged" boxes (ie. those with limited > memory) I do miss the old Install CD or, indeeed, just an "Install" option > on the grub menu that could avoid having to boot into the Live CD which is, > by definition, rather memory-hungry. > > Would it be so difficult to have an "Install" option when the CD is first > inserted, rather than having to do that? The overheads of having to run the > Live distro during the install process must be immense? Whilst I appreciate > the Live CD concept is great in showing people what they are going to have > before they take the plunge, for people such as myself who install Ubuntu on > lots of boxes it's just an annoyance. > > Thoughts?
The "alternative" CD still has this - best bet IMHO is to run the Alternate CD, type "server" at the grub prompt and then once the install has completed (if you need a GUI/Desktop) run: #apt-get install ubuntu-desktop HTH, Matt. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Group Co-Ordinator Thanet Linux User Group http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG KEY: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFEA1BC16 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
