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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kadrija,
I will reply inline
Best regards
Nio

On 2013-11-02 19:08, Kadrija Hrlovic wrote:
> Thank you very much Nio.
> I've just read OBI documentation and discovered to my horror that it
> cannot be used for dualboot system which is what I had in mind :(

Well, not dual boot within the same drive, but it you have two drives it
is possible. So you can boot your Pentium M equipped computer from 'an
installed system' in a USB drive. A USB 2 pendrive is OK. A USB 3
pendrive or a USB 2 HDD are faster.

And in April your XP will reach its end of life, and then you should not
take the risk and run it without security updates.

> I don't want to get rid of Windows XP on my laptop.
> Is there any way of installing the latest Lubuntu without starting from
> non-pae mini.iso 12.04?

Yes. There are alternatives. I suggest that you try Lubuntu fake-PAE
'grub-n-iso', where grub helps you boot from the regular Lubuntu 13.10
iso file.

See these links

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu-fake-PAE
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/grub-n-iso

Good luck
Nio

> On 2 November 2013 15:34, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi, Kadrija,
> 
>     It was fairly easy but not quite straight-forward to make a Lubuntu Core
>     tarball from the Ubuntu 13.10 mini.iso. Please test it and let us know
>     how it works for you :-)
> 
>     I have uploaded a tarball with the following md5sum and name to
>     phillw.net <http://phillw.net>
> 
>     3d3064f982681bc1c78624d16062e6b9  tarballs/LubuntuCoreSaucy.tar.xz
> 
>     There is fake-PAE. But in order to make the network portable I also
>     installed 'network-manager' and tweaked it according to this link
> 
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall#Unmanaged_Wired_Network
> 
>     Best regards
>     Nio
> 
> 
> 
>     On 2013-11-02 09:47, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>     > That's good Kadrija,
>     >
>     > Now I know what to make:
>     >
>     > Lubuntu core with fake-pae.
>     >
>     > Best regards
>     > Nio
>     >
>     > On 2013-11-02 09:41, Kadrija Hrlovic wrote:
>     >> Hi Nio
>     >> I would prefer to have it just with fake-pae flag and no other
>     >> customisations if possible.
>     >> My laptop is dell latitude d505:
>     >>
>     >>          *-cpu
>     >>               description: CPU
>     >>               product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1500MHz
>     >>               vendor: Intel Corp.
>     >>               physical id: 400
>     >>               bus info: cpu@0
>     >>               version: 6.9.5
>     >>               slot: Microprocessor
>     >>               size: 1500MHz
>     >>               capacity: 1800MHz
>     >>               width: 32 bits
>     >>               clock: 133MHz
>     >>               capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc
>     msr mce
>     >>     cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm
>     pbe up
>     >>     bts est tm2 cpufreq
>     >>
>     >> I'm sure it has pae but it is not listed in cpu-flags.
>     >> I'm currently running windows XP but I'm thinking of installing
>     Lubuntu
>     >> which it ran a year ago.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> On 2 November 2013 09:00, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >> <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>     Hi Kadrija,
>     >>
>     >>     I see. Yes I can make such a tarball and upload it.
>     >>
>     >>     How do you think such a tarball is most useful?  Would you
>     prefer to
>     >>     have it as pure as possible, even without fake-PAE? (It will
>     boot and
>     >>     run, but you need to install fake-PAE in order to upgrade the
>     kernel.)
>     >>
>     >>     -o-
>     >>
>     >>     Before trying a PAE kernel, check that the CPU has PAE capability
>     >>     (Pentium M or Celeron M). Lubuntu 13.10 is not an option for "pre
>     >>     Pentium II" CPUs without PAE capability.
>     >>
>     >>     Best regards
>     >>     Nio
>     >>
>     >>     On 2013-11-02 08:46, Kadrija Hrlovic wrote:
>     >>     > I meant it would be nice to have a tarball with lubuntu-core
>     >>     instead of
>     >>     > the full lubuntu-desktop system.
>     >>     > I have a no-pae flag laptop and I prefer a minimal
>     lubuntu-core system
>     >>     > to which I can add things I need.
>     >>     >
>     >>     >
>     >>     > On 2 November 2013 05:27, Nio Wiklund
>     <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >>     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>>
>     >>     > <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote:
>     >>     >
>     >>     >     On 2013-11-01 17:28, Federico Leoni wrote:
>     >>     >     > Well, in theory yes.
>     >>     >     > You need to wait a reply from Nio if he can do that
>     or make it
>     >>     >     yourself.
>     >>     >     > Simply create your install with just what you need
>     and then
>     >>     start your
>     >>     >     > system with OBI usb and create the tarball from the menu.
>     >>     Quite easy.
>     >>     >     >
>     >>     >     > F.
>     >>     >     >
>     >>     >     > Em 01/11/2013 13:29, "Kadrija Hrlovic"
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>     >>     <mailto:kalehrl@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kalehrl@xxxxxxxxx>>
>     >>     >     <mailto:kalehrl@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kalehrl@xxxxxxxxx>
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>     >>     <mailto:kalehrl@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kalehrl@xxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:kalehrl@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kalehrl@xxxxxxxxx>>>>> escreveu:
>     >>     >     >
>     >>     >     >     Is it possible to have OBI with just lubuntu-core?
>     >>     >     >
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>     >>     >     Federico is right. You can do it yourself. But it might be
>     >>     valuable for
>     >>     >     many people to have a tarball with lubuntu-core, so I could
>     >>     make and
>     >>     >     upload one. Please decribe is more detail what you want and
>     >>     need ...
>     >>     >
>     >>     >     Best regards
>     >>     >     Nio