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Apt on CD sounds useful for this too - if your either reinstalling after buffering something up, or just want the same apps on every machine you install. Problem is you're then carrying two CDs instead of one... On 6 February 2010 11:17, tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Grant Sewell wrote: >> >> On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:26:29 +0000 >> tom wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Rob Beard wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Paul Sutton wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD >>>>> >>>>> if you want some mini ubuntu install cd isos(12 mb) then they are >>>>> at the above, text based install they fit on the 50mb CD-R >>>>> business card size. >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>> >>>> It's probably worth bearing in mind that you also need an internet >>>> connection or a copy of the repositories for this too :-) >>>> >>>> Still it's handy for those occasions when you don't want to burn a 700MB >>>> ISO (in fact I used the Hardy version last night). >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> A word of warning. More or less the day after a release comes out >>> there will be updates - sometimes lots of them - the kernels just >>> been updated and the new headers released so a lot of apps will be >>> updated so you will still have a lot of updates to download from a >>> 'brand new cd'. >>> >>> CD install method: >>> install CD, >>> log in to new system, >>> update down line. On one machine fine - when introducing newbies >>> they will be impressed that it can take a couple of hours from >>> installing the CD to getting to an up to date machine NOT. >>> For an 'install day' this would be a nightmare. >>> >> >> I thought the whole idea of the "mini CD" installers was that you'd >> essentially the CD would hold only the bare minimum and the rest would >> be installed from t'Internet... in which case, it wouldn't have to >> install an old version of X/Gnome and then upgrade as they'd be >> installing the newer version directly. >> >> Or am I missing your point? >> > > Yes thats what the mini.iso is for. The CD mentioned above is not the mini > CD > The text you cut off was about replacing the internet with the apt-cacher > and getting a full up to date install locally, the best of both worlds for > multiple machines: quick cd setup, 'two second' file create, full system > update from local cache... > Tom te tom te tom > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html