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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Grub 2 has been around for several cycles. One of issues we see is when
some one installs a different linux and it uses grub 1 (actually v0.9x; as
it never got v1) to then the system expect to 'see' grub v2

For language support; please understand that lubuntu are the only flavour
committed to CD size. Language packs have been dropped from some areas.
This is something we will have to mention in the release notes. even with
all the work, it appears that lubuntu cannot keep the desktop PPC image at
CD size; they will have to use alternate if they can only boot from CD.

But, Mélodie, our devs can only do so much work for "out of date" stuff
whilst moving lubuntu on. Please do not moan too much if they run out of
time, or lose a battle with such equipment. No one else is now really
looking after it.

Regards,

Phill.


On 14 October 2013 23:32, JM <meets@xxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:11:38 +0200
> JM <meets@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:47:37 +0100
> > Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > The USB installers have been pretty much broken all cycle. Last I
> heard was
> > > to use dd. Nothing will now get fixed before release. If people have a
> > > decent set of instructions using *any* usb installer to use 13.04 to
> > > install 13.10, please put them onto the wiki; or even in a text file
> with
> > > step by step explanation!
>
> > Here a method which seems very easy:
> > http://www.pendrivelinux.com/multiboot-create-a-multiboot-usb-from-linux
> >
> > I am testing it right now.
> >
> > Drag and drop the ISO image from the PCManFM file manager does not work,
> however a
> > copy/paste does work. (It opens a console where the password is
> prompted).
> >
> > In the console the keyboard layout is selected, the keyboard variant,
> and the keyboard
> > model. Then the content of the ISO file is copyied with an incremental
> file list (I
> > already had the install of Lubuntu Saucy from yesterday).
> >
> > At same time it does install Grub2 (and also updates syslinux). I'll
> test the result as
> > soon as it will have finished doing things in it's xterm console.
>
> I tested: it works fine, but would not be fit to test distros as in CDROM
> because it does
> not give the choice of the language at start nor the choice between
> booting to "try" or
> booting to "install" and the other choices at boot. Instead it chooses the
> language and
> keyboard according to the system configuration and boots directly to the
> Desktop.
>
> Regards,
> Mélodie
>



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