Kris, i have had a quick look through the files and they should work with 10.04, but theres only one way to find out ;)
If you do manage it, let me know (also let me know if it breaks and i will have a look see why) :) On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Kris Douglas <krisdoug...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8 April 2010 13:48, Daniel Case <danielcas...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Alright :) > > > > I'l put it here and on the etherpad, i mainly followed this guild: > > http://magician.gforums.de/wiki/index.php5?title=UNE_Installation > > but a lot of it is wrong, and one of its packages is packaged badly, so > iv > > repackaged them both and attatched: > > > > 1: plug your **USB stick into another linux machine, format it so that > you > > have an ms-dos partition table, 100MB fat16 partition, and an ext3 > > partition, this can be done in a program like gparted. > > > > Its important that you do this outside of the installer as otherwise, it > > will fail. > > > > ** I used a 4GB stick, and i have heard that it fails on much larger > sticks > > (16GB) a way to maybe resolve this would be to make the ext3 partition > below > > 4GB, but i havent tested as i do not have a larger memory stick on me > > 2: write the Ubuntu Netbook Remix (here: > > http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download-netbook) to a disk (it failed > when > > i tried to do it through a VM) and boot from it, once you are at the boot > > menu, select "Install Ubuntu Netbook Remix" (2nd option) > > > > 3: Once it has loaded the installer, insert the USB stick you partitioned > > earlier and choose your settings as normal until you get to the > partitioning > > page. Make sure you click "Specify Partitions Manually" > > > > 4: Click on the ext3 partition on the USB drive, and make sure it is used > as > > /, but do not format it, then ensure that if you are installing on a > > computer with linux already on it that it is not using the original swap > > space, in order to stop it you just need to select the swap partition, > and > > set it to "Do Not Use" > > > > 4: Click next, it should give you a warning about not using the FAT16 > > partition, and a warning about the swap space, you can safely disregard > both > > of these. > > > > 5: Now that the partitioning is done, keep clicking next until you get to > > the final screen (where it says install and gives you a rundown) look > > through the settings and ensure nothing is being formatted, then click > > "Advance" and untick the "Install bootloader" box. > > > > 6: Click install, and go get some coffee because its going to take a > while > > (mine took just under 2 hours, reminds me of the good ol' windows 98 > > installation days) > > > > 7: Download the following two files: > > http://www.newforumnetwork.com/files/joggler_partition1_fat16.tar.bz2 > > http://www.newforumnetwork.com/files/joggler_partition2_ext3.tar.gz > > > > 8: Put the USB stick into your linux machine (dont boot from it yet) and > > extract each archive into the correct partition, make sure they dont go > into > > a folder, when you extract the second archive it will ask about > overwriting, > > just select yes to all. > > > > 9: Go into the second partition on the USB stick and find: /etc/fstab > > Once you have found it, comment everything out apart from your ext3 > > partition, and the /proc line. > > > > 10: Insert the USB stick into a USB hub with a keyboard and boot up, give > it > > a minute or two and you should see some terminal > > code with an error, this is because the Joggler doesn't save the time, so > it > > thinks its somewhere in 1980, simple fix, drop down > > to the maintinance shell using ctrl+D and run fsck, then reboot using > > "shutdown -r now" > > > > And thats it, your 10-step guide to booting UNR :D > > This guide was great thanks, I'm just at the stage where you have to > add the files from the archives you linked to. I have decided, for no > real reason, to use 10.04, are the archives compatible with this > version of ubuntu, or am I going to have to change some details? > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > > > -- > Kris Douglas, > > NODE Computer Systems > Web Hosting, Design and Server Administration, Technical Support & > Computer Construction > > T. 02030518469 > M. 07728574285 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ~Daniel
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