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[calligrafan]

Hi
As there is no minimal ISO for development versions I have the question if it is perhaps to install Kubuntu using Debian-«ar»?
Kind rgds

[SteveRiley]

Raring mini ISO:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...mages/netboot/

[calligrafan]

Oh! Thank you very much Steve. But I think it is not possible to select the development version of (K)Ubuntu with the mini-ISO but mini-ISOs are all dedicated to one predefined (K)Ubuntu version, the most actual stable. Did that change?

[gjringo]

Raring mini ISO as noted in the above link (Index of /ubuntu/dists/raring/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot) is the current development version.

[calligrafan]

ah! Raring is the new name! I didn't understand it and was awaiting a number like 13.04 or 13.10 or 14.04! Thank you very much an both!

but if I understand right, there is no use of the Debian commando «ar» (can set up a full Debian installation only with bash and «wget» and the adequate script! One of the most powerful commands in Linux at all!!!) in )K)Ubuntu?

best rgds

[bsniadajewski]

Does the Raring mini.iso have support for EFI yet for those who want to use it on EFI-enabled machines. I may do an MB upgrade in the future and I love these mini iso since they allow me to custom build my Kubuntu from the grounnd up (all I want/need without anything I don't).

[SteveRiley]

Does the Raring mini.iso have support for EFI yet for those who want to use it on EFI-enabled machines.

Here's the ISO:



Based on everything I've read, this is incorrect for booting UEFI. To boot a computer using a UEFI image, the image must be either:

* listed in an NVRAM variable, or
* explicitly named \EFI\boot\bootx64.efi (you will see this on a "normal" *buntu ISO)

The mini's format might work on the odd EFI (not UEFI) configuration for a Macintosh, I'm not sure. But in its current form, you can't use the mini to build a UEFI-based machine in UEFI mode. It will boot in BIOS compatibility mode.

[SteveRiley]

but if I understand right, there is no use of the Debian commando «ar» (can set up a full Debian installation only with bash and «wget» and the adequate script!

Do you have an example of this? While .deb archives are in fact ar-style archives, they contain three files, two of which are .tar.gz files. Inside these files are all the smarts dpkg needs to extract, install, and configure packages. Bypassing dpkg sounds like something unwise, to me.

[bsniadajewski]

Good to know that , Steve. thanks.