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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Very quick reply,

As I mentioned earlier and is well documented. grub v0.97 does not work
with recent *bunutu releases. *buntu moved up the grub 2 before lubuntu was
adopted, When you wish to report a bug; please do it following the system.
Reporting a grub error using grup v0.97 will result in
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#About_an_obsolete_version_of_the_software_for_reporter.27s_release

menu.lst does not exist in grub 2. Please take the time to look up how it
works. You are asking for information that was clearly made known when grub
v0.97 became 'grub 2' at ubuntu 9.10. As we are now three years further on,
is it any real doubt that the boot loader does not work? :D

Regards,

Phill.


On 15 October 2013 01:34, JM <meets@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Phill,
>
> Excuse me, but this one post of yours is besides the topic. :-(
>
> I was only reporting experiments related to ways of installing to USB
> sticks from which
> it is then possible to install  to hard drive.
>
> In the topic "We Are Testing Lubuntu Install", some of the methods to
> install to USB to
> make a Live USB are relevant (USB GTK Creator) and some are not
> (Multisystem), given the
> features provided by Lubuntu, choice of language at the start of the live
> _and_ choice of
> the boot method, because Multisystem does not keep them.
>
> About the other versions and what they do, I am not testing Ubuntu, nor
> Xubuntu nor
> Kubuntu (so I don't know if they have or not have a choice of language at
> the start of
> the live, I have no idea, I'm testing only Lubuntu and don't intend to
> test any other if
> I don't need to in the future).
>
> Multisystem chooses whatever language is in the system from where the
> install to USB
> stick is performed (it seems, unless it default picks up French : not even
> sure really).
>
> Therefore I think in order to test Lubuntu Saucy from within a Live USB,
> the best and
> most fit solution right now is USB Creator GTK from within a _12.04
> install_. (Anyone
> should be fit).
>
> dd : imho it's a horrible way to destroy a file system, bit by bit. :)
>
> I have not tried Unetbootin.
>
>
> My best regards,
> Mélodie
>
> PS: I have not understood all of what you told me in the other mail, about
> the test
> cases. (my mother tongue is not English… ) I'll try to get back to you
> with it tomorrow.
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:28:16 +0100
> Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 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
>
>
> When I install Ubuntu to a machine which has Grub 0.97, as the Ubuntu
> installer does not
> offer to go without a boot loader, I install Grub2 on the root partition
> of the system,
> then I add a boot stanza in the Grub menu.lst which rules it all.
>
>
> > 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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>
>
> --
> JM <meets@xxxxxx>
>



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