On Jan 6, 2008 5:14 PM, DB Clinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed Edubuntu Server on a box (1.7ghz, 4gigHD, 256RAM) that's not > connected to the internet to see whether a clean install would at least > give me the basics of thin client networking. I had little success in > that area
You may be OK with a standard Edubuntu workstation, but I don't see a server running on less than 1GB of RAM. > (besides the fact that the Edubuntu box can access files on a > Win98 box via Samba). > But that's not my problem right now: for some reason none of the > educational packages were installed on the system I have this same experience with 7.10. The educational packages are easy enough to install from the net, why don't you have it connected? > (it's not that there > wasn't enough space: there are still 1.3gig left on the hard drive) and > Synaptic doesn't have any reference to them (even with the CD in the > drive). Also, none of the media players will work because they lack > codecs. Do all of these packages require Internet access? If so, does > that mean that 'buntus are pretty much useless without the Internet? > I would at least give the box internet access for the install, even if you decide to disconnect it later. > > Next question: > I uninstalled my Wubi version of Edubuntu from my own computer and > prepared to replace it with real disk partition to create a dual-boot (I > first did a disk defrag from Windows and checked the integrity of the > Edubuntu CD). The partition went well, but the install itself froze late > in the process while installing BRI TTY (or something like it). > Naturally, when I rebooted, the system went nowhere. I tried again from > scratch (hoping the install process would somehow pick up on the > previous failed attempt - to no avail) and this time, too, it froze, > leaving a message "Build LTSP chroot failed". > But for the grace of SYSRESCUECD I would now be left with nothing - but > I'm at least back in my old WinXP. > Running the Edubuntu CD's rescue mode was entirely unhelpful. > Is there any way to rescue what's been lost and/or is there any way to > avoid such crashes on future installs? With thanks again, > David Clinton >
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