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[Mikhail Maksimov <mcwillin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, list.

*I suspect the number could be lowered to around 900000000 for a 1.8GB size
> check, but I have not tested that yet.*
>

No it can not. Tests done on alpha3 show that the system requires at least
2000 MB ("decimal" M) just to install with almost no free space left. Too
bad Lubuntu is no longer lightweight in terms of disk footprint.

Regards,
Mikhail

PS I know that the original letter is two weeks old :)

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> My workaround works!
>
> Replying to myself:
>
> On 05/01/2011 12:29 AM, Jonathan Marsden wrote:
>
> > There is a file within the Lubuntu 11.04 ISO called
> > casper/filesystem.size but it seems to be unchanged since 2010-09-06 and
> > I don't yet know what if anything actually uses it :)
>
> Based on Julien's very handy pointer to the commit that broke this for
> us, I just edited the file casper/filesystem.size in the Lubuntu 11.04
> ISO image to say
>
> 1370000000
>
> (a round-ish number about half the value that was previously in the
> file, plus 50MB as a safety margin!) and then updated the md5sum.txt
> file to reflect that edit, and created myself a modified ISO image from
> the result.
>
> That's a pretty trivial change, but, unlike the official 11.04 image, it
> installs and runs fine in a 3GB virtual disk, at least in my initial
> testing here (under VirtualBox 4.0.6).
>
> So, we seem to have a code-free workaround :)  I suspect the number
> could be lowered to around 900000000 for a 1.8GB size check, but I have
> not tested that yet.
>
> I can make this "hacked" ISO available for download, but it is a bit
> 'dubious' at this point from a support point of view, since it does not
> 'say' anywhere in its menus etc. that I modified it!  I need it to refer
> to itself as 11.04.jm1 or something, so it is clearly not the official
> Lubuntu 11.04 version, if there is going to be much use of it.
>
> If anyone has an urgent need for this ISO image, let me know.  It is now
> 1am here, and I have to go to work tomorrow (today!!) so I don't have
> time to create the ".jm1" identified image right now... I need some sleep
> :)
>
> Jonathan
>
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