you can also use a full installation on a sufficiently large USB drive....at least 4 GB, 8 GB is better.... Just place the GRUB onto the USB in the Advanced tab in the installation options. then boot off the USB drive and presto it is a complete Ubuntu installation.
Arjun Ghosh Lecturer Department of English Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi http://www.arjun.gen.in On 19 November 2010 09:31, Mihir Mehta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Narendra Sisodiya < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Yes, dear, >>>>> run >>>>> >>>>> sudo apt-get update >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This will not update your system this will update packagelist of repo. >>>>> inshort, it will download metadata of package.. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, Narendra. I will try to get back to you after trying this. >>>> >>>> Problem solved. Thanks. >>>> >>>> >> How ? same commands or something different.. ? >> >> -- >> ┌─────────────────────────┐ >> │ Narendra Sisodiya >> │ http://narendrasisodiya.com >> └─────────────────────────┘ >> >> -- >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> > > > I ran > sudo apt-get update > > (I am not sure what the command does, but I guess it downloaded > packages.gz) > then I was able to install the packages I needed. My pen drive is now ready > for use. > -- > Mihir Mehta, > B. Tech. student, > Department of Computer Science and Engineering, > Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
