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[George Gatewood <george_gatewood@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you don't want to go through the install every time, use this: http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php

--- On Tue, 3/22/11, Bee Hock Goh <beehock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Bee Hock Goh <beehock@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xorg-prop-drivers-testers] Easier and Faster Ways of Installing Ubuntu
To: "Daryl Tucker" <earthmelon@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: xorg-prop-drivers-testers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 8:18 PM

It does seem like a good idea to be able to restore a base ubuntu
image since a few test required a new older release.

I have found a good info on this and will try it out this weekend.

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partimage

Btw, if we do a base backup of natty, will the installation test still
be relevant when we do a full update or do we have to install from the
latest image?

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Daryl Tucker <earthmelon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It is possible to install Ubuntu onto a machine on which you are running
> linux by following the instructions on this site:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromLinux
>
> Basically, the target machine will need an extra linux partition to copy the
> files to. Mount the CD, copy them over, and then let grub know you've made
> some changes.
>
> I hope this helps with what you're trying to achieve, and also suggest you
> look into unetbootin if you are unfamiliar with what that is.
>
> On Mar 22, 2011 3:39 AM, "Ofir Klinger" <klinger.ofir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Bryce Harrington
>> <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>> The USB environment is a bit unusual in some ways, so installing -fglrx
>>> or -nvidia into a LiveUSB persistent storage space is not analogous to
>>> installing into a regular hard drive installed environment. And indeed
>>> there are various bugs with that process which are particular to it, and
>>> not relevant to -nvidia testing in general.
>>>
>>> (For example, the driver has to update the initrd which in a USB Live
>>> environment is stored on the drive in a different way than it would with
>>> a regular install; we've seen install fail due to initrd being read
>>> only, not having space on the usb drive to write initrd, etc. etc.)
>>>
>>
>> I didn't suggest testing Ubuntu on a Live USB nor Live CD. I just said
>> that
>> I installed Ubuntu
>> from a Live USB (instead of the "usual" way using a Live CD).
>>
>> Maybe I wasn't clear in my first email, so let me try to explain myself.
>> I am wondering whether is there a way of installing Ubuntu without burning
>> a
>> CD
>> every week (since the testing requires a fresh Ubuntu installation).
>>
>> So there is the Live USB way, but are there any other, easier ways of
>> installing
>> Ubuntu? like maybe installing Ubuntu from an existing Ubuntu installation
>> (which
>> seems to me just like using a Live USB or even a Live CD).
>>
>> Ofir
>
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