I was following these instructions: http://www.ubuntumini.com/2008/10/installing-ubuntu-on-dell-inspiron- mini.html
in order to throw 8.10 beta on a new Mini9. I pulled off a 8.10 beta iso earlier today and installed into a VM on another box. Using usb-creator 0.1.9 to throw the iso onto a 1gb thumb gave me a bootable stick. Unfortunately, about a third of the way through the installation I was getting dropped into busybox and unable to proceed. Interestingly, I repeated the procedure with UNetBootin and got the same result. Both applications were able to get me into a Hardy install on the Mini9 without issue. Following the second "manual liveUSB" option from this article: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/10/15/ubuntu-810-persistent-flash- drive-install-from-live-cd/ got me up and running on 8.10 (using the same iso as above) without issue. I'm just guessing but I suspect that the 8.10 livecd is doing something that doesn't behave when slapped on a thumbdrive having a capacity less than 2gb. I'd be curious to know if those who had encountered the busybox issue were using smaller capacity thumbdrives. -- busybox with (initramfs) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
