>> Is the machine so old it doesn't support DMA or ACPI?  You can stop
>> grub from booting and add the options you need there.
>
> I don't know.  I don't recall those being in the grub kernel line.
> But I'll check.
>
>
>> Also, see the "Alternate install CD" which can:
>> "
>> * creating pre-configured OEM systems;
>> * setting up automated deployments;
>> * upgrading from older installations without network access;
>> * LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
>> * installing GRUB to a location other than the Master Boot Record;
>> * installs on systems with less than about 192MB of RAM.
>> "
>>
>
> Got a link?

All of the Ubuntu download servers have the details:
http://ftp.wayne.edu/linux_distributions/ubuntu/6.06/ (search for
"alternate")

>
>
>> Edubuntu is just like every other ubuntu- it installs a bunch of
>> custom packages, so, once you determine which packages you need, you can
>> include the deb packages on a CD, stuff it in and install automatically.
>>
>
> Perhaps, but I'd rather clone than install.  It's faster and more
> consistent, when it works.  For example, I recently installed Edubuntu on a
> relatively slow machine, which took over an hour. Cloning took under 5
> minutes.  Of course, if cloning is then followed by 2 hours of hassle,
> then installing looks good.

You are likely to get more predicatable results from an install than a
clone. Using the OEM install CD, you can pull a Ronco- "set it and forget
it".

-M



 
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