installing ubuntu offline

[Robin Paulson]

i'm trying to install ubuntu on my new system, from a USB flash drive,
with no internet

the partitioning and install goes fine until the last step, when it
says "searching for other packages from the CD" (or something similar,
it flashes past rather fast) and then crashes.

i try to hit skip, but am never fast enough. is there a way to
configure ubiquity to not check for other packages?
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[Ben M.]

I am pretty sure there are two options on the Netbook install, one for Download
updates while installing and the other for Using Third Party software.

Having just installed two Ubuntu 10.10 Netbooks, I did not enable Updates,
waited until it rebooted and then ran the Update Manager.




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Subject: [nzlug] installing ubuntu offline

i'm trying to install ubuntu on my new system, from a USB flash drive,
with no internet

the partitioning and install goes fine until the last step, when it
says "searching for other packages from the CD" (or something similar,
it flashes past rather fast) and then crashes.

i try to hit skip, but am never fast enough. is there a way to
configure ubiquity to not check for other packages?

[Robin Paulson]

Post by Ben M.
I am pretty sure there are two options on the Netbook install, one for Download
updates while installing and the other for Using Third Party software.
Having just installed two Ubuntu 10.10 Netbooks, I did not enable Updates,
waited until it rebooted and then ran the Update Manager.

there is an option for this in the GUI, but it's greyed out as there's
no internet connection detected.

but it's not looking on the internet, it's looking on the live CD
(well, the live USB actually). i'm guessing it installs the core
packages, and then searches to see what else is available?

then it crashes
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[Ben M.]

Just rebooted my Acer Aspire and a HP Mini with Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook on USB that
I made last night on Windows.

Reboot =>
Choose Language =>
Install Ubuntu-Netbook =>
Preparing to install =>
At least 2..5GB/Plugged into Power Source/Is NOT connected to Internet.

This should just work as is, updates to be applied later ... as J said, maybe a
bad .iso. I had one last week and took me four bad installs to believe that.




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On 11 February 2011 13:39, Ben M. <***@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

there is an option for this in the GUI, but it's greyed out as there's
no internet connection detected.

but it's not looking on the internet, it's looking on the live CD
(well, the live USB actually). i'm guessing it installs the core
packages, and then searches to see what else is available?

then it crashes

[Bruce Clement]

Post by Ben M.
as J said, maybe a
bad .iso. I had one last week and took me four bad installs to believe that.

I've had bad USB memory sticks straight out of the packet in the past.
It's always worth checking that the image you just wrote to them
matches the disk image you wrote from.
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[Robin Paulson]

Post by Bruce Clement

Post by Ben M.
as J said, maybe a
bad .iso. I had one last week and took me four bad installs to believe that.

I've had bad USB memory sticks straight out of the packet in the past.
It's always worth checking that the image you just wrote to them
matches the disk image you wrote from.

ok i tried the suggestions people made:
the iso is fine, i used the included tool to do md5-checking

i also tried jaco's suggestion of 'expert mode', which did not appear
to change anything. my guess would be this mode would offer further
customisation options, i.e. the ability to turn off the installation
of non-core packages, but couldn't see anything. am i missing
something blindingly obvious here - where/how do i configure expert
mode?
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[Jaco van der Merwe]

Post by Robin Paulson
am i missing
something blindingly obvious here - where/how do i configure expert
mode?

Probably, but it hard to tell from this end (flying a bit blind).
My next suggestion would be to make use of the "Alternative ISO" & possibly
disable some of the boot options (such as noapci, etc).

Any change you could bring it Tuesday to the 'space so we caould take a closer
look?
There's a local repo cache, so you could complete the setup with current
components

- J




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[Robin Paulson]

Post by Jaco van der Merwe
Probably, but it hard to tell from this end (flying a bit blind).

yeah, i appreciate that

Post by Jaco van der Merwe
My next suggestion would be to make use of the "Alternative ISO" & possibly
disable some of the boot options (such as noapci, etc).

well, i tried the alternative installer a month back - that failed due
to 'lack of a suitable kernel to install'

Post by Jaco van der Merwe
Any change you could bring it Tuesday to the 'space so we caould take a closer
look?

it's a bit big/heavy to carry, but i'll see what i can do

Post by Jaco van der Merwe
There's a local repo cache, so you could complete the setup with current
components

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[Robin Paulson]

Post by Jaco van der Merwe
My next suggestion would be to make use of the "Alternative ISO" & possibly
disable some of the boot options (such as noapci, etc).

well, after much faffing around, it turned out to be a broken
installer, leaving the system in an unbootable state - even when
connected to the net it wouldn't complete. i poked around in the man
pages and figured out how to manually generate an init ram disk, and
install grub manually, both from a live USB. not the route i'd have
preferred, but i found out plenty along the way.

cheers for the suggestions guys, particularly jaco and glen who were a
big help offline this week
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[Nevyn]

Post by Ben M.
I am pretty sure there are two options on the Netbook install, one for Download
updates while installing and the other for Using Third Party software.
Having just installed two Ubuntu 10.10 Netbooks, I did not enable Updates,
waited until it rebooted and then ran the Update Manager.

I'm not sure it gives you the option. Personally I tend to unplug the
machine from the network to avoid the updates bit. I'd rather the
install just finish.

I'm a little confused about the searching for packages on the cd though...

Regards,
Nevyn
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[Jaco van der Merwe]

Post by Robin Paulson
i try to hit skip, but am never fast enough. is there a way to
configure ubiquity to not check for other packages?

I think (will have to check this again) that you'll have to install in "expert"
mode, and in your described scenario, skip all of the networking steps.

Your installation media may also have a corrupted image loaded, so run a test on
the disk to make sure everything checks out.

- J





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[Robin Paulson]

Post by Jaco van der Merwe

Post by Robin Paulson
i try to hit skip, but am never fast enough. is there a way to
configure ubiquity to not check for other packages?

I think (will have to check this again) that you'll have to install in "expert"

ok, how do i do that?

Post by Jaco van der Merwe
mode, and in your described scenario, skip all of the networking steps.
Your installation media may also have a corrupted image loaded, so run a test on
the disk to make sure everything checks out.

will do
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