Ubuntu Text Installation
While trying to install Ubuntu to an older system today, I thought time had stopped! It was taking literally five to ten minutes to work through the installation screens! I figured that there had to be a better way of doing this and, sure enough, there was!
When you are on the Ubuntu download website and your are looking at downloading an ISO for the desktop installation, there is a checkbox that indicates that you want to download the alternate desktop disk. This disk is not a LiveCD. Rather, it is more like the old text installers that we have come to know in the past.
It has been designed for the slightly more knowledgeable Ubuntu user who is comfortable with a text interface and making more decisions on his/her own. According to the website:
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
- creating pre-configured OEM systems;
- setting up automated deployments;
- upgrading from older installations without network access;
- LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
- installs on systems with less than about 256MB of RAM (although note that low-memory systems may not be able to run a full desktop environment reasonably).
Obviously, there are some very useful capabilities that come with this version of the CD. Well worth a look at!
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2 Responses to “Ubuntu Text Installation”
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J Wynia Says:
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:58 pmI often forget that most people use the LiveCD to do installs because I switched over to the alternate disc for all of my installs a long time ago. They go SO much faster and you’ve got more control.
The OEM works well for setting up a VMWare-based system for people who want to mess with it, but don’t want to install it themselves.
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cmeier Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am…installs on systems with less than about 256MB of RAM (although note that low-memory systems may not be able to run a full desktop environment reasonably)…
Wow. 256Mb is now considered a low memory system? I ran my first linux installation (including X) on a 386sx w/ 8Mb of ram. And I liked it! Now get off my lawn!
