On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 14:04 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > Just wondering if there's a simple way to tell what systems might need the > > alternate cd to install as opposed to the live cd. I'm trying to install on > > a > > friends (hardy) which has a celeron and both hdd and optical drives are > > sata. > > The install cd is fine though it keeps throwing up errors on that system > > when > > installing. It boots fine to the desktop. I know the cd is fine cuz it was > > used to install on another of my systems later with complete success and no > > errors. I just downloaded the alternate cd and so will try that next on her > > system. Also are there other things I should look out for that may lend > > clues > > as to which cd may be needed. I know of the AMD processors for example > > > > > > The only things i know of that require the alt CD are setting up disks > for encryption, LVM, RAID, or a combination thereof. > > Paul > >
I know that on a system with lower specs you can use the txt installer from the alternate to have a successful installation while the live cd installer would fail due to lack of resources.
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