On 01/03/2015 01:09 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > ... > Hi Aere, > > The OBI does not clone, it makes tarballs, which is an advantage, > because it does not need a drive or partition of the same size or larger. > > Making a tarball works if your whole system is in the root partition (it > does not manage a separate home partition). You should use the same tool > (also same version) to make the tarball and to use the tarball. > > For example, the standard OBI is built into Lubuntu Trusty. Israel is > creating ToriOS, which is built from Ubuntu mini Precise. If you use > Israel's ppa, keep track of the version of the host system (where you > install it, and use the same Ubuntu version for both making and using > tarballs, otherwise the installation will fail, I think because of > differences in grub between Ubuntu versions). > > -o- > > *At the basic OBI level*, you select drive and the installer uses the > whole drive, makes one root partition and one swap partition. This > corresponds to the basic mode in the Ubuntu standard installers - 'use > the whole disk'. > > *At the advanced OBI level*, you are expected to re-use existing > partitions or create/edit partitions with *gparted* before starting the > OBI. You select the root partition and the swap partition from menus. > This corresponds to 'Something else' in the Ubuntu standard installers. > It is easier to use, but does not have all the bells and whistles. If > you add the following labels to the created partitions in gparted: > > obi-root > obi-swap > > the installer at the advanced level will find and select them > automatically. It helps but is not necessary. > > -o- > > In both cases, if there are other operating systems that you want to > dual boot, boot into the now installed ToriOS and run > > sudo update-grub > > which will make a new grub menu with all recognized operating systems. > > Best regards > Nio > Hi, One small note... you don't have to only install ToriOS :) though it will be very nice for old computers :)
You can tar an entire device and install whatever the tarball is, be it Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc... anything that uses Debian as a base should 'just work'. Not sure if Fedora based systems, or others will work... but they may. -- Regards -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
