On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Arjun Ghosh অর্জুন <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 > Yes, but since a full installation is not really a priority for me, I guess I can manage with a pen drive of 2 GB size without any problem, use this 2 GB one exclusively for running Ubuntu and keep the bigger pen drives for more important work :) Thanks. -- Mihir Mehta, B. Tech. student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
