On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 09:26:43PM +0000, Leroy Tennison wrote: > I have a situation where I need to quickly bring up an Ubuntu 16.04 > server environment on physical hardware without doing an install (I'm > "borrowing" hardware set aside for other use). I tried starting a > server install, stopping before disk partitioning, switching to a > terminal prompt, mounting a usb stick and running scripts from there. > What I found was that the busybox environment was significantly > limited. Is there a better way I can mimic "Live CD" behavior with > better functionality?
Can you use the live desktop 16.04 installer instead, if you're sitting in front the machine anyway? There isn't much difference except in the set of packages pre-installed and some other defaults that shouldn't matter here. Your userspace environment should generally be the same and be more comfortable.
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