I knew what you meant... what can I say, its not supported by gOS, the ONLY option is to boot the CD, and run the installer from the desktop.
sorry... Oh, and I have no technical background info, I am just a regular user, but I suppose gOS -must- need more memory than Ubuntu, because it IS ubuntu PLUS add on's. On 29 sep, 19:06, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I mean there is ONLY one option "Try gOS without any change to your > computer". There is no "install" option on the start-up menu. > > From the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop installation disk, it says "System > Requirements - To use the Live CD, you should have at least 384 MB of > RAM. Alternatively you can install Ubuntu directly from the CD start- > up menu on machines with only 256 MB of RAM." > > Does gOS require larger memory size than Ubuntu 8.04? How can I just > directly install gOS on my machine? > > Thanks, > -scurock > > On Sep 29, 9:37 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You mean there is no "alternative install" option! > > The "OEM install" is simply the normal install, but asks for user info > > -after- installation, at the next reboot, instead of before the > > installation. > > This is for "original equipment manufacturers", so they can pre- > > install gOS on machines they ship to customers. > > > 256MB is probably not enough, (the minimum is 384MB) and there is NO > > "alternative install" option AFAIK. > > > One of the later "community versions", of gOS 3 that will work with a > > less memory hungry windows manager will be better suited for your > > machine, they will come out later this year. > > > On 29 sep, 16:48, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am trying to install gOS 3. But there is no "OEM install" option on > > > the startup manual. I used F4 to selection "OEM install", but it > > > seems I still have to choose "Try gOS ..." option to continue. > > > > It is different from gOS 3 Beta where the "OEM install" option is > > > there on the startup manual. > > > > How should I install then? My laptop has only 256M memory and I would > > > like to install gOS directly without running the liveCD. > > > > Thanks, > > > scurock --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
