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One Button Installer, 'OBI'
One Button Installer, 'OBI'
The One Button Installer is described at the following wiki page.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
The plans are to develop that page into the main tutorial and to move it to some other location within the Ubuntu wiki. This tutorial thread will stay at its present location. I intend to keep it up to date with references to the wiki page and other links. I also intend to describe new features and systems to install.
The One Button Installer itself can be installed from a compressed image file with terminal window commands or with the shell-script mkusb, described at the tutorial Howto make USB boot drives.
A special version for very old computers (without PAE capability or which cannot boot from USB) is shown at this wiki page
OBI-9w installer
Typical cases for the One Button Installer
Tool that is easy to use and just works
The normal linux installers that come with iso files are complicated to use or freeze during the installation process, and you want a tool that is easier to use and just works.
Replace Windows XP
Replace Windows XP because you want the computer to work faster or smoother with an Ubuntu based linux operating system, or at the end of life in April 2014, when there will be no more security updates for Windows XP.
Backup
You want a simple method to backup (and restore) your whole installed linux system. The One Button Installer combines installation, backup and restore in one set of tools.
Your own portable Ubuntu based linux system
You want to make your own linux system portable and port it to a USB pendrive or to be installed in another computer to be used by yourself, or to be uploaded to the internet for sharing with other people. The One Button Installer can do it in a simpler way than to remaster the code and make an own iso file.
General description
Please view or download this General description file.
How to install and run the OBI
OBI quick start manual
Please view or download this OBI quick start manual file with a short description how to make a boot drive with the OBI and how to use the OBI to install an Ubuntu based linux operating system.
README
If you want to read more, please view or download this README file, which describes with more details how to make a boot drive with the OBI and how to use the OBI to install an Ubuntu based linux operating system to your computer, to make a portable system or to make a tarball from an existing system for backup or sharing.
Download the following files
Select one of the compressed image files
Code:
dd_blank-obi_4GB_23_text.img.xz # if you need a really small system (324MiB)
dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_25_LubuntuTrusty_nonpae.img.xz # if you need a non-pae kernel (677MiB)
dd_precise-obi_4GB_29_text.img.xz # to install tarballs made for precise (183MiB)
dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_33_LubuntuTrusty.img.xz # current main choice for most cases (695MiB)
and at least one of the tarballs (check for new tarballs at the websites for downloading).
User: guru, Password: changeme if nothing else is stated,
except for the One Button Installer itself, that comes with User: myself, Password: 123456
Code:
Bento12.04.04-oem0.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456
Bento12.04.04-oem1.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
Bento12.04.04.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
bodhi-230-nonpae.tar.xz
GnomeClassic1204-oem.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: changeme
GnomeClassic1204.tar.xz
Kubuntu_13.10oem-nov23.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
KubuntuPrecise.tar.xz
Lubuntu_14.04oem-npae5.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456
Lubuntu_14.04oem-npae.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456 (old)
Lubuntu_14.04_eu-npae.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
Lubuntu_16.04_oem-uxa.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456, (up to date 2016-05-08)
Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intel.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456, (up to date 2016-05-08)
Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intl_amd64.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456, (up to date 2016-05-14)
lxle-2013-08-19.tar.xz # tweaked, old but possible to update/upgrade
lxle32-12.04.4-oem0.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456
lxle32-12.04.4-oem1.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
OBI_noswap_07.tar.gz
OBI_noswap_23_text.tar.xz
OBI_noswap_27_LubuntuTrusty.tar.xz
precise-mini-txt.tar.xz # Ubuntu text system with portable wired network (from mini.iso)
ToriOS-pae-OEM_prec_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-2016-may.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456
ToriOS-pae-OEM_trus_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-2016-may.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456
ToriOS-mini_trusty_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-2016-may.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
Trusty-mini-txt6.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
Trusty-mini-txt7.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme, (up to date 2016-05-06)
Trusty-nonpae-txt5.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
Xenial-32-txt.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
Xenial-32-txt_2016-06-28_intel.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
X32-Txt-Startx-Intl_2016-06-29.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
xubuntu-precise.tar.xz # good for old systems but past end of life of desktop packages
XubuntuTrusty-oem-feb13.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
# good for old systems but past end of life, so there are no updates, not even security updates
lubuntu-10.04.tar.gz # past end of life
ubuntu-10.04.tar.gz # past end of life
plus a script file and a signed list of the md5sums
Code:
mkusb
md5sums.txt.asc
from http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/one-button-installer
Download a virtual disk for testing the OBI in Virtual Box
Virtual Box can connect to peripheral devices and mass storage devices via USB, but not boot. Instead, the OBI can be installed to a [virtual] hard disk drive. The virtual machine will boot from the first virtual disk, so you must put it on top in the 'storage managing window'. Later, when you want to boot from the installed system, you must switch the order of the virtual disks. There are two compressed virtual disks with the OBI in
http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/o...ler/vboxdisks/
Expand the new one (with OBI version 3.3) and connect it to a virtual machine, and you can test the OBI in Virtual Box without the extra problems to get the OBI into the virtual machine and installing it.
KVM can boot from a USB drive and even an image file
If a 64-bit host operating system in a machine with hardware virtualization is available, install a KVM virtual machine. Otherwise Virtualbox might be more efficient.
Install a virtual machine using KVM, qemu, and virt-manager according to this wiki page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/VirtManager
It is fast and very similar to installing and running in a real system.
You need no special virtual disk file for KVM. You can mount the OBI image file (after expansion from img.gz to img) and it can be used as a virtual SATA disk. If it is the first disk, the virtual machine will boot from it.
And the standard tarballs can be imported via sftp, wget or lynx to this virtual SATA disk and used in order to install systems to a second virtual disk.
Follow the instructions in the README file step by step
Just a reminder of the README file...
Make you own tarball
This is a link to a detailed description how to make your own tarball
Improvements
OBI versions 0.7, 1.0, ... :
1.0:
1. The dialogue has been improved by using screens made with the linux program dialog. It means a menu style similar to that of the alternate installer and the mini.iso. See the attached pictures.
2. The compression of the dd-image files and the tarballs is improved. The original compression was using gzip. It is still available, but now xz compression is also available, and xz compression is more than 20% more efficient, often 30% (meaning that the size of the compressed file is 20-30% smaller than a gzipped file). xz is slower and needs more memory, but not too much. During a test with low RAM, 128 MB, extracting the tarball with xz used 62 MB while extracting with gzip used 49 GB. Downloading is usually the bottleneck, so small files are preferred.
1.1:
1. Own directory for tarballs (plus symlink)
Put and find the tarballs in
Code:
/tarballs
~/tarballs -> /tarballs
2. Download tarball
There is a new download system with a dialog menu, that you run from the main menu with
d Download tarball
3. Make tarball
From version 1.1 xz is the default compression in mktbl. You can also enter a tarball name as parameter #3 when you run mktbl from the bash shell.
1.2:
Basic and advanced OBI level
Most users are recommended to use the basic OBI level. This means that the OBI will install a system from a tarball into a whole device, typically an internal hard disk drive or a USB 3 pendrive. It is easy and takes only a few minutes to install a system at the basic OBI level.
The advanced level opens the door to dual boot (mainly for internal disks) and a first FAT32 partition for access from Windows (for USB pendrives). In the advanced level the OBI will let you select the partitions. It means that you can install a system from a tarball into two partitions, one root file system partition and one swap partition. This way it is possible to create a dual boot device with an existing (already installed) operating system. It is also possible to create a separate data partition with an NTFS or FAT32 file system, that can be used by linux as well as Windows.
The intention with the advanced level is to edit and create partitions with Gparted (booted from a 'regular' boot CD/DVD/USB device). One partition is labelled 'obi-root' and one (smaller) partition is labelled 'obi-swap'. Such partitions can be identified and selected automatically in the advanced level, but manual selection is also possible.
Editing partitions is risky (so you need a good backup) and it takes long time (hours) to shrink an existing partition with a lot of data (Windows), so that there will be space for new partitions.
2.2:
In order to make it more convenient to use the advanced OBI level (introduced in version 1.2), there is now version 2.2.
The underlying operating system is upgraded to Ubuntu version 13.10 and Lubuntu-desktop is installed and tweaked to create a graphical desktop environment with desktop icons for the main tasks during installation with the One Button Installer.
A USB 3 pendrive with at least 8 GB is recommended for the graphical desktop environment. But there is also a flavour of version 2.2 with a text desktop environment, which is suitable for very old computers. A 4 GB pendrive is big enough for the text version.
You can find some USB pendrives that are good booters in this link Howto help USB boot drives
2.3:
This version is mainly a bug-fix update from 2.2 including updated pdf documents. The operating system (13.10) is also updated/upgraded.
New feature: the OBI will share an existing swap partition, when selected at the advanced OBI level.
Use this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
2.4:
There is a new and special version of the 9w installer, the OBI-9w installer
This version is made for very old computers without PAE capability. The One Button Installer in run from the 9w installer's debian system. Now there is a super light-weight installer, that can
- install from CD, DVD and USB
- create not only single boot but also dual boot systems.
Prepare partitions with Gparted and run the One Button Installer at the advanced level to create dual boot or multi boot system.
There are special tarballs for the 9w installer, and these tarballs come with the iso file.
2.5:
This version is mainly a bug-fix update from 2.3 (and 2.4 OBI-9w) including updated pdf documents. The operating system (14.04 LTS) is also updated/upgraded.
New feature: the starter menu will set the default item (command line) in a logical way prompting to download and select tarball, select OBI level and then install a system. Two-digit partition numbers (/dev/sda10 ...) are recognized at the advanced OBI level.
USB 3 pendrives with at least 8 GB are recommended for this version with Lubuntu desktop. 4 GB pendrives are still possible for the text version. See also this link
2.6:
This version is a major improvement, implemented for ToriOS but not published here.
- dynamic focus in the starter menu
- improved recognition of devices (using the function list_drives)
- final warning screen with red background
- improved help function
2.7:
This version is a bug-fix and polishing update of the starter script. Current mkusb and mkusb-nox are installed and there are updated pdf documents. The operating system (14.04.1 LTS) is also updated/upgraded to the current date (2014-12-28).
Howto help USB boot drives
Use this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
2.8:
This version number is reserved for for ToriOS.
2.9:
This version selects tarballs depending on the version (12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS)
- improved 'dltbl' - to download tarballs
- selecting repository for tarballs depending on the version of the system underneath the OBI (12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS)
- some bug-fixes: modified for-loops and md5check
- improved 'confirm-partition' - pre-selected root and swap partitions should *not* be mounted
- a text based One Button Installer based on Ubuntu mini.iso 12.04 LTS is released
3.0:
- zmktbl, a graphical tool to make tarballs, is added to the OBI system
- The host Lubuntu system is updated (2015-07-29)
3.1:
This is a bug-fix version:
zmktbl, select-part2: fix for buggy(?) zenity --list in trusty: ans=${ans%|*} ...
3.2:
select-part2: fix to identify partitions to unmount: double-quotes (") removed from target in
Code:
umount ${line:0:10} 2>/dev/null
df|grep ${line:0:10}>/dev/null
3.3:
- more robust syntax in the file '$partitions'
- in the functions confirm-partition, select-part2, autoselect
View the pictures as a slide-show
The pictures are screen-dumps and illustrate how to use the OBI. View them with 100% resolution here!
Here are a few of them attached.
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Update:
Three new tarballs are uploaded and easy to try with the OBI, Bodhi, Kubuntu and Xubuntu.
Code:
-rw-r--r-- 728648955 sep 12 08:23 tarballs/bodhi-230-nonpae.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 858806740 sep 12 18:16 tarballs/xubuntu-precise.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 927991915 sep 13 16:41 tarballs/KubuntuPrecise.tar.gz
And I should add that GnomeClassic1204.tar.gz also contains the Unity desktop (choose desktop at the log in screen). So there is a mixture of small, medium and big foot-print desktop environments, or in other words, more or less eye-candy. By the way, even KubuntuPrecise runs fairly well in an old IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M and 1.25 GB RAM.
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The dialogue has been improved at 'the only really critical button' where to select device for the installation. Instead of something like this
Code:
Do you want to install Lubuntu_13.04? (y/n)
y
*** WARNING: the device will be completely overwritten *******
Use the info from another screen (less /tmp/help-mkusb.txt)
*** Unmount the device if mounted ****************************
Model: ATA HTS548040M9AT00 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 40.0GB
Model: Sandisk Cruzer Blade (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 4005MB
Model: JetFlash Transcend 16GB (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 15.8GB
Live drive: /dev/sdb
---> 1: install to /dev/sda
2: install to /dev/sdc
Select another device with (+/-) or the number of the list item.
Go ahead with (g) or quit with (q)
each line to select contains more information (cut from the output of parted -l)
Code:
Do you want to install Lubuntu_13.04? (y/n)
y
*** WARNING: the device will be completely overwritten *******
Use the info from another screen (less /tmp/help-mkusb.txt)
*** Unmount the device if mounted ****************************
Model: ATA HTS548040M9AT00 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 40.0GB
Model: Sandisk Cruzer Blade (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 4005MB
Model: JetFlash Transcend 16GB (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 15.8GB
Live drive: /dev/sdb
---> 1: install to ATA HTS548040M9AT00 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 40.0GB
2: install to JetFlash Transcend 16GB (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 15.8GB
Select another device with (+/-) or the number of the list item.
Go ahead with (g) or quit with (q)
to make it easier to select the correct target device.
See the attached screenshot from a virtual session in KVM, qemu and virt-manager, which shows the inverted video of the real OBI. In the text above, the inverted video is replaced with bold text.
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Update:
A new tarball is uploaded at http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/ and easy to try with the OBI: Lubuntu Saucy beta 2 i386 with zRAM switched off.
Code:
-rw-r--r-- 673950602 sep 27 18:39 saucybeta2.tar.gz
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1. The dialogue has been improved by using screens made with the linux program dialog. It means a menu style similar to that of the alternate installer and the mini.iso. See the attached pictures in post #1.
2. The compression of the dd-image files and the tarballs is improved. The original compression was using gzip. It is still available, but now xz compression is also available, and xz compression is more than 20% more efficient, often 30% (meaning that the size of the compressed file is 20-30% smaller than a gzipped file). xz is slower and needs more memory, but not too much. During a test with low RAM, 128 MB, extracting the tarball with xz used 62 MB while extracting with gzip used 49 GB. Downloading is usually the bottleneck, so small files are preferred.
The default compression for making an own tarball is using gzip in version 1.0 and using xz in version 1.1
You must run mktbl from the bash shell to use the other kind of compression.
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Update:
New tarballs are uploaded at http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/ and easy to try with the OBI: Lubuntu 13.10 pure and tweaked versions.
Code:
-rw-r--r-- 1 492883108 okt 18 15:55 tarballs/Lubuntu_13.10oct18-tweaked.tar.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 448403032 okt 30 01:23 tarballs/Lubuntu_13.10oct30.tar.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 494428632 okt 28 22:31 tarballs/Lubuntu_13.10oem-oct28-tweaked.tar.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 477114724 okt 30 00:45 tarballs/Lubuntu_13.10oem-oct30.tar.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 396702796 nov 2 12:47 tarballs/LubuntuCoreSaucy.tar.xz
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I have tied some new bits and pieces together to the OBI version 1.1
dd_blank-obi_4GB_11.img.xz
Own directory for tarballs (plus symlink)
When running the OBI, you put and find the tarballs in
Code:
/tarballs
~/tarballs -> /tarballs
and when mounted in another system, you put and find the tarballs in
Code:
/media/OneButtonInstall/tarballs
# not /media/OneButtonInstall/home/myself/tarballs -> /tarballs
Download tarball
There is a new download system with a dialog menu, that you run from the main menu with
d Download tarball
This is intended to be an easy alternative to downloading tarballs into another system and copying to the One Button Installer.
Make tarball
From version 1.1 xz is the default compression in mktbl. You can also enter a tarball name as parameter #3 when you run mktbl from the bash shell.
See the attached pictures.
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OBI quick start manual
Users have requested a shorter manual, so I made this OBI quick start manual file with a short description how to make a boot drive with the OBI and how to use the OBI to install an Ubuntu based linux operating system.
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Update:
New tarballs created by Federico Leoni are uploaded at http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/ and easy to try with the OBI: Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Gnome and Xubuntu 13.10 in the final stage of an OEM installation, corresponding to
Code:
Lubuntu_13.10oct30.tar.xz
Code:
Kubuntu_13.10oem-nov23.tar.xz
Ubuntu_13.10oem-nov22.tar.xz
Ubuntu_Gnome_13.10oem-nov25.tar.xz
Xubuntu_13.10oem-nov22.tar.xz
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I have realized that many of you who are active at the Ubuntu Forums need dual- or multi-boot for your linux distro/flavour. So I made version 1.2 of the OBI, that can do it, not by itself, but together with gparted.
1 - Edit and create partitions with gparted
2 - Install a tarball with the OBI to partitions, that are selected automatically or manually.
Basic and advanced OBI level
Most users are recommended to use the basic OBI level. This means that the OBI will install a system from a tarball into a whole device, typically an internal hard disk drive or a USB 3 pendrive. This is easy and fast.
In the advanced level the OBI will let you select the partitions. It means that you can install a system from a tarball into two partitions, one root file partition and one swap partition. This way it is possible to create a dual boot device with an existing (already installed) operating system. It is also possible to create a separate data partition, that can be used by linux as well as Windows.
The intention with the advanced level is to edit and create partitions with Gparted (booted from a 'regular' boot CD/DVD/USB device). One partition is labelled 'obi-root' and one (smaller) partition is labelled 'obi-swap'. Such partitions can be identified and selected automatically in the advanced level, but manual selection is also possible.
Code:
cat autoselect
#!/bin/bash
LC_ALL=C;LANG=C
echo "--- Use Gparted and prepare the device for the OBI ---"
echo "1. Put the label obi-root to one partition and format it to FAT32"
echo "2. Put the label obi-swap to one partition and format it to FAT32"
echo "(It is fast to format to FAT32, and it will be overwritten by the
OBI)"
echo "*. The other partitions 'can be anything else'"
echo
"----------------------------------------------------------------------"
rootpart=$(sudo blkid|grep -i obi|grep -im1 root|cut -d: -f1)
swappart=$(sudo blkid|grep -i obi|grep -im1 swap|cut -d: -f1)
echo "$rootpart $swappart" | tee partitions
read -p "Press Enter to return to the menu"
So please test it when you have some time. You find it here:
http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer
dd_blank-obi_4GB_12.img.xz
OneButtonInstaller_blank-noswap_12.tar.xz
New versions of the documents are also uploaded.
The intention is to make it easy to use. If you test the advanced OBI level, please tell me what is bad or confusing!
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In order to make it more convenient to use the advanced OBI level (introduced in version 1.2), there is now version 2.2.
A. Version 2.0: The underlying operating system is upgraded to Ubuntu version 13.10
B. Version 2.1 release candidate: Lubuntu-desktop is installed and tweaked to create a graphical desktop environment with desktop icons for the main tasks during installation with the One Button Installer. See the attached picture file!
0. Toggle the touchpad (to prevent accidents with laptops and notebooks because the palm is touching the touchpad and causing unwanted commands).
1. Run Gparted to edit the partitions (preparing for the advanced OBI level).
2. Run the OBI in a normal lxterminal window
3. Run the OBI in a maximized xterm window with high resolution, in other words with more lines and columns
Edit:
USB 3 pendrives with at least 8 GB are recommended (4 GB is possible, but will soon be full). See this link Howto help USB boot drives
C. Version 2.2 is released. It has the same features as 2.1 plus a few bug-fixes. The pdf documents of the version 1.2 are also updated for the usage of version 2.2.
Use this link http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer
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There is a new experimental tarball of Lubuntu 13.10 with a non-pae kernel. You are welcome to test it, but beware, it is an early version, and you can expect that there are some problems. For example, I cannot connect to wired internet (ethernet) in Toshiba laptops with Realtek ethernet chips. But many things work as they should.
Lubuntu_13.10oem-oct28-tweaked_nonpae.tar.xz
Use this link http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/rc/
Edit: The kernel was obtained and installed via hyperair's ppa into an already installed Lubuntu 13.10 system (in a USB 3 pendrive).
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hyperair/staging
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In order to make it more convenient to use the advanced OBI level (introduced in version 1.2), there is now version 2.2.
The underlying operating system is upgraded to Ubuntu version 13.10 and Lubuntu-desktop is installed and tweaked to create a graphical desktop environment with desktop icons for the main tasks during installation with the One Button Installer.
A USB 3 pendrive with at least 8 GB is recommended for the graphical desktop environment. But there is also a flavour of version 2.2 with a text desktop environment, which is suitable for very old computers. A 4 GB pendrive is big enough for the text version.
You can find some USB pendrives that are good booters in this link Howto help USB boot drives
Use this link http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer to download the One Button Installer.
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How to install and run the OBI with a current list of tarballs (January 2014)
OBI quick start manual
Please view or download this OBI quick start manual file with a short description how to make a boot drive with the OBI and how to use the OBI to install an Ubuntu based linux operating system.
README
If you want to read more, please view or download this README file, which describes with more details how to make a boot drive with the OBI and how to use the OBI to install an Ubuntu based linux operating system to your computer, to make a portable system or to make a tarball from an existing system for backup or sharing.
Download the following files
Select one of the compressed image files
Code:
dd_blank-obi_4GB_22_text.img.xz
dd_blank-obi_8GB_22_LubuntuSaucy.img.xz
and at least one of the tarballs (check for new tarballs at the websites for downloading). User: guru, Password: changeme if nothing else is stated, except for the One Button Installer itself, that comes with User: myself, Password: 123456
Code:
Bento12.04.04-oem0.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456
Bento12.04.04-oem1.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
Bento12.04.04.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
Bento2ToriAlpha1.tar.xz
bodhi-230-nonpae.tar.xz
GnomeClassic1204-oem.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: changeme
GnomeClassic1204.tar.xz
Kubuntu_13.10oem-nov23.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
KubuntuPrecise.tar.xz
lubuntu-10.04.tar.gz # good for old systems but past end of life of desktop packages
Lubuntu_13.04sep1.tar.xz # end of life in January 2014 (watch out for it)
Lubuntu_13.10oct18-tweaked.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
Lubuntu_13.10oct30.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
Lubuntu_13.10oem-oct28-tweaked.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: changeme
Lubuntu_13.10oem-oct30.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: changeme
LubuntuCoreSaucy.tar.xz
lxle-2013-08-19.tar.xz
OBI_noswap_07.tar.gz
OBI_noswap_10.tar.xz
OBI_noswap_11.tar.xz
OBI_noswap_12.tar.xz
OBI_noswap_22_LubuntuSaucy.tar.xz
OBI_noswap_22_text.tar.xz
ubuntu-10.04.tar.gz # good for old systems but past end of life of desktop packages
Ubuntu_13.10oem-nov22.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
Ubuntu_Gnome_13.10oem-nov25.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
Xubuntu_13.10oem-nov22.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
xubuntu-precise.tar.xz
plus a script file and a signed list of the md5sums
Code:
mkusb
md5sums.txt.asc
from http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer where a complete set of files is available or from this google drive address where a limited selection of files is available. If one website is slow or unreliable when you want to download, use the other one!
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There are two experimental tarballs made from Lubuntu and Xubuntu Trusty Tahr pre-beta daily builds. You are welcome to test them, but expect that there might be problems, particularly when you try to update/upgrade.
LubuntuTrusty-oem-feb12.tar.xz
XubuntuTrusty-oem-feb13.tar.xz
Use this link http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer
Edit: These tarballs contain a 32-bit pae kernel and fake-pae and can be used with most Intel/AMD CPUs including Pentium M and Celeron M processors.
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New tarballs are created by Jack Trice from LXLE 12.04.4 with 32-bits non-pae kernel and OEM style installation.
lxle32-12.04.4-oem0.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456
lxle32-12.04.4-oem1.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user
Use this link http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer
These tarballs contain a 32-bit non-pae kernel and can be used with most Intel/AMD CPUs including Pentium M and Celeron M processors. The non-pae kernel does not manage memory above 2 GB well (but it is seldom a problem with old hardware). LXDE is specified for minimum 512 MB RAM, so these tarballs are suitable for computers with RAM size in the interval [512 MB, 2 GB] See this link
http://wiki.lxle.net/doku.php/requirements
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We selected this kernel to make good tarballs for old computers. The 64-bit version of LXLE is better for newer and more powerful computers, but there is no such tarball (now).
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Version 2.3 of the One Button Installer is released. It is mainly a bug-fix update from 2.2 including updated pdf documents. The operating system (13.10) is also updated/upgraded.
New feature: the OBI will share an existing swap partition, when selected at the advanced OBI level.
USB 3 pendrives with at least 8 GB are recommended for the version with Lubuntu desktop. 4 GB pendrives are still possible for the text version. See also this link Howto help USB boot drives
Use this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
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There is an experimental version of the One Button Installer built on Trusty Tahr and Phill Whiteside's non-pae kernel
Compressed image name: dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_23_LubuntuTrusty_non-pae.img.xz
Kernel version: 3.13.2_3.13.2-1_i386
Location:
http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer
http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/rc/
http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/dd_images
User name: myself
Password: 123456
I recommend mkusb to install the compressed image to a pendrive or a hard disk drive. If you have or can borrow a really old non-pae CPU,
please try it in *text mode* to keep memory requirements low! It should be happy with 128 MB in text mode.
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Two new tarballs are created from Lubuntu 14.04 with 32-bit non-pae and 32-bit generit (pae) kernels with OEM style installation.
Lubuntu_14.04oem-npae.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456, contains several tweaks
Lubuntu_14.04_eu-npae.tar.xz # OEM: ready for the end user, basically standard Lubuntu
Use this link http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer
These tarballs contains PhillW's 32-bit non-pae kernel and can be used with most Intel/AMD CPUs including Pentium M and Celeron M processors. The non-pae kernel does not manage memory above 2 GB well (but it is seldom a problem with old hardware). The generic (pae) kernel is better when there is more than 2 GB RAM. See these links
More details about the OEM tarball
More details about the End User tarball
Please help us test Lubuntu with Phill's non-pae kernel
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There is a new and special version of the 9w installer, the OBI-9w installer
This version is made for very old computers without PAE capability. The One Button Installer in run from the 9w installer's debian system. Now there is a super light-weight installer, that can
- install from CD, DVD and USB
- create not only single boot but also dual boot systems.
Prepare partitions with Gparted and run the One Button Installer at the advanced level to create dual boot or multi boot system.
There are special tarballs for the 9w installer, and these tarballs come with the iso file.
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Installer for really old computers
There is a new iso file of the OBI-9w installer which is up to date with a new version of phillw's non-pae kernel and updated/dist-upgraded packages:
obi_Trusty-nonpae-txt5-9w.iso
that you find at http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/9w
Edit: See the instructions at this wiki page http://help.ubuntu.com/community/9w
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Tarballs for old computers
Two new tarballs are created for the One Button Installer. They are up to date with a new version of phillw's non-pae kernel and updated/dist-upgraded packages:
Lubuntu_14.04oem-npae5.tar.xz # in OEM mode, password: 123456, contains several tweaks
Trusty-nonpae-txt5.tar.xz # user: guru, password: changeme
Use this link http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer
These tarballs contains PhillW's 32-bit non-pae kernel and can be used with most Intel/AMD CPUs including Pentium M and Celeron M processors. The non-pae kernel does not manage memory above 2 GB well (but it is seldom a problem with old hardware). The generic (pae) kernel is better when there is more than 2 GB RAM. See these links
More details about the OEM tarball
Please help us test Lubuntu with Phill's non-pae kernel
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Version 2.5 of the One Button Installer
Version 2.5 is released. It is mainly a bug-fix update from 2.3 (and 2.4 OBI-9w) including updated pdf documents. The operating system (14.04 LTS) is also updated/upgraded.
New feature: the starter menu will set the default item (command line) in a logical way prompting to download and select tarball, select OBI level and then install a system. Two-digit partition numbers (/dev/sda10 ...) are recognized at the advanced OBI level.
USB 3 pendrives with at least 8 GB are recommended for this version with Lubuntu desktop. 4 GB pendrives are still possible for the text version. See also this link
Howto help USB boot drives
Use this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
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Edit: In addition to the compressed dd image file and tarball of the OBI version 2.5 with 32-bit generic PAE kernels, there is now also a compressed dd image file with a non-pae kernel by phillw
dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_25_LubuntuTrusty_nonpae.img.xz
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Version 2.6:
This version is a major improvement, implemented for ToriOS but not published here.
- dynamic focus in the starter menu
- improved recognition of devices (using the function list_drives)
- final warning screen with red background
- improved help function
Version 2.7:
This version is a bug-fix and polishing update of the starter script. Current mkusb and mkusb-nox are installed and there are updated pdf documents. The operating system (14.04.1 LTS) is also updated/upgraded to the current date (2014-12-28).
Use this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
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Mini text based system with a menu to select installing various light desktop environments
An alternative that you might want to test, is to use the One Button Installer to install a mini system (originally made from Ubuntu 14.04 mini.iso) with a menu to select installing various light (ultra light to medium light) desktop environments. It installs a portable system even as a text based system.
The following tarball contains phillw's nonpae kernel, made during last summer to be used with very old computers.
Trusty-nonpae-txt5.tar.xz
This tarball was updated/upgraded today to the following tarball, and the kernel was replaced with the current generic pae kernel and comes with the boot option forcepae to run with most 32-bit processors and be able to update the kernel, also with Pentium M and Celeron M.
Trusty-mini-txt6.tar.xz
The screenshots were made when Lubuntu Core was installed in a computer with Pentium M, booted without the boot option forcepae (removed). It boots from grub, but cannot update the kernel, so supplying forcepae makes it more convenient for the end user (you). Running in text mode needs only 39 MiB RAM in that computer, while running in the Lubuntu DE needs approximately 150 MiB.
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This standard version of the One Button Installer works only from mass storage devices (USB pendrives, but also from IDE drives and SATA drives). And you can install in one computer and port the drive to another computer. See the following link for more details.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
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Version 2.9:
| version 2.9: selects tarballs depending on the version (12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS) |
- improved 'dltbl' - to download tarballs
- selecting repository for tarballs depending on the version of the system underneath the OBI (12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS)
- some bug-fixes: modified for-loops and md5check
- improved 'confirm-partition' - pre-selected root and swap partitions should *not* be mounted
- a text based One Button Installer based on Ubuntu mini.iso 12.04 LTS is released
Select one of the compressed image files (in order to use the One Button Installer. See more details at the first post of this thread).
Code:
dd_blank-obi_4GB_23_text.img.xz # if you need a really small system (324MiB)
dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_25_LubuntuTrusty_nonpae.img.xz # if you need a non-pae kernel (677MiB)
dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_27_LubuntuTrusty.img.xz # current main choice for most cases (696MiB)
dd_precise-obi_4GB_29_text.img.xz # to install tarballs made for precise (183MiB)
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One Button Installer version 3.0
zmktbl, a graphical tool to make tarballs, is added to the OBI system. An icon on the desktop brings you directly to the graphical tool, when you run the Lubuntu desktop.
This should work without much instructions, but
- it is recommended to save the tarballs in the directory /tarballs, if it has write access and there is enough free space,
- otherwise (for example in systems booted from ISO files) you should select a directory in a partition with enough free space for the tarball.
The host Lubuntu system is updated (2015-07-29)
Find more details at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
and
Make your own tarball
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Version 3.1:
This is a bug-fix version. You should download version 3.1 for zmktbl to work properly.
- zmktbl, select-part2: fix for buggy(?) zenity --list in trusty: ans=${ans%|*} ...
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ToriOS beta tarball
There is a tarball with ToriOS (beta version) updated from the repositories yesterday (July 30, 2015).
ToriOS-pae-OEM_prec_use-by-OBI-in-trusty.tar.xz
This tarball was made with zmktbl in the OBI version 3.1, and it can be installed with the same version. ToriOS is installed in OEM mode, and should work well in old and middle-aged computers. It is a 32-bit system and the installation method works in BIOS mode. Use another linux distro and other installation method to install in UEFI mode (for example a 64-bit version of an Ubuntu flavour and mkusb).
Edit:
This tarball was made from an OEM system, where Lubuntu Core was installed in order to help the system for final installation (ubiquity) render the graphical user interface correctly. However, you should focus on ToriOS. (Do not use the Lubuntu session, because it has passed end of life and receives no security updates).
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ToriOS gamma tarball
There is a tarball with ToriOS ('gamma' version) updated from the repositories yesterday (Nov 4, 2015).
ToriOS-pae-OEM_prec_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-nov.tar.xz
This tarball can be installed with the OBI version 3.2. ToriOS is installed in OEM mode, and should work well in old and middle-aged computers. It is a 32-bit system and the installation method works in BIOS mode. Use another linux distro and other installation method to install in UEFI mode (for example a 64-bit version of an Ubuntu flavour and mkusb).
This tarball was made from an OEM system, where Lubuntu Core was installed in order to help the system for final installation (ubiquity) render the graphical user interface correctly. However, you should focus on ToriOS. (Do not use the Lubuntu session, because it has passed end of life and receives no security updates).
Edit: Notice that this 'gamma' version is 'more developed and polished than a beta version', but still not a stable released version.
Code:
$ md5sum ToriOS-pae-OEM_prec_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-nov.tar.xz
2b78b505d77b2cd269b6f7919efb0353 ToriOS-pae-OEM_prec_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-nov.tar.xz
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One Button Installer version 3.2
This is a bug-fix version. You should download version 3.2 for selecting partitions to work properly.
- zmktbl, select-part2: fix to identify partitions to unmount: double-quotes (") removed from target in
. umount ${line:0:10} 2>/dev/null
. df|grep ${line:0:10}>/dev/null
You find the One Button Installer at the following link: http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer
Get the compressed image file dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_32_LubuntuTrusty.img.xz and install it to a USB pendrive with mkusb.
Check the md5sum:
Code:
md5sum dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_32_LubuntuTrusty.img.xz
e196c51aa56770a255eb99bd2abd45ca dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_32_LubuntuTrusty.img.xz
There is a general description at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
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New tarballs for ToriOS
The ToriOS tarball from November 2015 with a Precise version is 'updated/dist-upgraded' in other words up to date.
A new ToriOS version is created by 'do-release-upgrade' from Precise to Trusty. The Trusty version seems to work well, but is not tested much. You may find a bug. In that case, please report it (here) :-)
The two most recent tarballs (made in May 2016) have the following md5sums:
Code:
ead0f0ad1ecdd12d6ede036eae7f40f5 ToriOS-pae-OEM_prec_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-2016-may.tar.xz # ToriOS Precise
8dbd99f28cce8d685f7b129641f63ff0 ToriOS-pae-OEM_trus_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-2016-may.tar.xz # ToriOS Trusty
user: OEM
password: 123456
Click on the desktop icon Prepare for shipping to end user. See the screenshot.
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New tarball for [Ubuntu flavours of] Xenial
There is a new tarball for Xenial, released as [Ubuntu flavours of] version 16.04 LTS. It is based on a text only system installed with the Ubuntu mini.iso. It can easily be developed into standard Ubuntu or any of the Ubuntu flavours, or it can be used to create a custom system.
The tarball has the following md5sum:
Code:
c1870b61e3834941d75667c193a37019 Xenial-32-txt.tar.xz
See the following link to a new post in this thread:
New systems to install [Ubuntu flavours of] Xenial alias 16.04 LTS
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New tarballs
Trusty mini tarball updated/dist-upgraded
The system in the tarball Trusty-mini-txt6.tar.xz is made up to date and stored in the new tarball Trusty-mini-txt7.tar.xz with the following md5sum.
Code:
93a99da93736ac99c0bb5a52a1009e59 Trusty-mini-txt7.tar.xz
Another ToriOS Trusty tarball
This ToriOS Trusty version built from the system above, Trusty-mini-txt7.tar.xz, using the following commands and some tweaks,
Quote:
Originally Posted by ToriOS developer Israel Dahl
Do your mini then run
Code:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Israel-/torios-from-mini/master/torios-trusty-x86.bash
chmod +x torios-trusty-x86.bash
./torios-trusty-x86.bash
The script is old and originally made for Precise. I had to install the package torios-live and then overwrite it with the package torios-desktop and clean it up, but then it works well. The RAM needed should be reduced, and probably there are some bugs to squash before it is ready to be released.
Code:
$ md5sum ToriOS-mini_trusty_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-2016-may.tar.xz
77efef5266118c784ce0c9f5ec6db3ad ToriOS-mini_trusty_use-by-OBI-in-trusty-2016-may.tar.xz
The version based on Debian Jessie is most likely to be the first ToriOS version to be released.
You can download these tarballs from within the One Button Installer or directly from this link phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/OBI/trusty/tarballs
user: guru
password: changeme
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New Lubuntu tarball with UXA acceleration for old Intel graphics
The tarball Lubuntu_16.04_oem-uxa.tar.xz has the following md5sum
Code:
$ md5sum Lubuntu_16.04_oem-uxa.tar.xz
2e706871e1c193978acdd39a32479153 Lubuntu_16.04_oem-uxa.tar.xz
It can be used to install Lubuntu 16.04 into computers with some old Intel graphics chips, for example series 945 and 82852/855GM, where there are problems to install with the standard installer. An alterntive is to use mkusb and the corresponding compressed image file (with the same system)
dd_Lubuntu_16.04_oem-uxa_2016-may_7.8GB.img.xz
This Lubuntu system is prepared for OEM tweaking (password 123456) and made up to date 2016-05-08.
A line can be activated in /etc/fstab to mount a floppy drive. The Xorg acceleration method is changed to UXA (which helps with old Intel graphics). Prepared with the boot option forcepae for use with Pentium M and Celeron M processors. Some useful program packages added.
The file /etc/X11/xorg.conf is edited as follows: (there should be a tab before each line except the first and the last).
Code:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
Intel 945 series graphics work with 'uxa' (but work better with 'intel') and 82865G graphics is not helped by 'uxa', but wants the boot option 'nomodeset' in order to display the graphical desktop (add nomodeset yourself if necessary). However, there are many Intel graphics chips, and 'uxa' might be useful for some of them. So this system is kept available, even if the first choice is 'intel' now. See the next post.
Summary of tweaks in the compressed image file and tarball:
OEM
UXA acceleration
the grub menu is shown (not hidden in a single boot system)
template in fstab to uncomment for floppy
forcepae
htop
lubuntu-restricted-extras
mkusb
mkusb-nox
pulseaudio
pavucontrol
After preparing for the end user and logging in as end user, you should install language support - via the menu option - in order to make it complete. Then the keyboard will also be the correct one, if you use a non-default language (in other words different from US English).
You can download this tarball from within the One Button Installer or directly from this link phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/OBI/trusty/tarballs
user: oem
password: 123456
Edit: See this link, where the 'uxa' and 'intel' systems are compared: Re: Lubuntu 16.04 flashing cursor with certain Intel video drivers concerning old Intel graphics chips, like 945 series.
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New Lubuntu tarballs and compressed image files with 'xserver-xorg-video-intel' for Intel graphics
Tarballs with 32-bit and 64-bit Lubuntu have the following md5sums
Code:
$ md5sum Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intel.tar.xz Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intl_amd64.tar.xz
fa2e6de0acac5264a7774f91b09a8ab3 Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intel.tar.xz # 32 bits, BIOS mode
1744e008b67e179c4fb25c5f83ba7ee4 Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intl_amd64.tar.xz # 64 bits, BIOS mode
They can be used to install Lubuntu 16.04 into computers with some old Intel graphics chips, for example series 945 and 82852/855GM, where there are problems to install with the standard installer. An alterntive is to use mkusb and the corresponding compressed image files (with the corresponding operating systems)
dd_Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intel_2016-may_7.8GB.img.xz (32 bits, BIOS mode)
dd_Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intel_2016-may_7.8GB_amd64.img.xz (64 bits, BIOS mode)
This Lubuntu system is prepared for OEM tweaking (password 123456) and made up to date 2016-05-08.
The 'intel' system is prepared by installing the package
xserver-xorg-video-intel
and is recommended as the first choice (before 'uxa').
A line can be activated in /etc/fstab to mount a floppy drive. The graphics is improved by installing an 'intel package'
Code:
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
The system is also prepared with the boot option forcepae for use with Pentium M and Celeron M processors. Some useful programs are added.
This system works with an old IBM Thinkcentre 8187-73G with 82865G graphics and a not that old Lenovo T60 laptop 945 series (Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, and also with 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) prog-if 00 [VGA controller , or VGA compatible controller Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/DSxx/N4xx/NSxx Integrated Graphics Controller). [edit] This system works with old as well as middle-age and new hardware. The newest system tested is an Intel NUC6i3SYH with integrated i3 6100 (Sky Lake integrated graphics), and a number of laptops 'in between' also work.[/edit]
Summary of tweaks in the compressed image file and tarball:
OEM
xserver-xorg-video-intel
the grub menu is shown (not hidden in a single boot system)
template in fstab to uncomment for floppy
forcepae
htop
lubuntu-restricted-extras
mkusb
mkusb-nox
pulseaudio
pavucontrol
After preparing for the end user and logging in as end user, you should install language support - via the menu option - in order to make it complete. Then the keyboard will also be the correct one, if you use a non-default language (in other words different from US English).
You can download this tarball from within the One Button Installer or directly from this link phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/OBI/trusty/tarballs
user: oem
password: 123456
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New systems to install [Ubuntu flavours of] Xenial alias 16.04 LTS
A. Tarball
There is a tarball for Xenial, released as [Ubuntu flavours of] version 16.04 LTS. It is based on a text only system installed with the Ubuntu mini.iso. It can easily be developed into standard Ubuntu or any of the Ubuntu flavours, or it can be used to create a custom system.
The tarball has the following md5sum:
Code:
c1870b61e3834941d75667c193a37019 Xenial-32-txt.tar.xz
See the attached screenshots #1-2
B. Compressed image files
There are also compressed image files, that work in UEFI and BIOS mode. These have no matching tarballs, because the One Button Installer does not create systems for UEFI mode. Instead, the compressed image files can be installed with mkusb (or mkusb-nox in text mode).
dd_text_16.04-UEFI-n-BIOS-4-pendrive-7.8GB.img.xz
dd_text_16.04-UEFI-n-BIOS-intel-4-pendrive-7.8GB.img.xz
This last 'intel' file contains the package 'xserver-xorg-video-intel', which makes the system work will some old Intel graphics chips.
See the attached screenshots #3-5
user: guru
password: changeme
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Where to download Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intel.tar.xz ?
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1. You can download tarballs from within the One Button Installer. This is the easiest option, and the md5sum will be checked automatically.
2. Download tarballs from the following link, http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/OBI/trusty/tarballs and check the md5sum manually.
The md5sums are in a file in the parent directory (of the tarballs directory), md5sums-phillw.txt
In this case 'trusty' means 'install with the Trusty version of the One Button Installer' (which is the recommended version). So tarballs with Xenial can be found there, for example the tarball you ask for, Lubuntu_16.04_oem-intel.tar.xz
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Updated system to install [Ubuntu flavours of] Xenial alias 16.04 LTS
The 'intel' text indicates that the system contains the package 'xserver-xorg-video-intel', which makes the system work will some old Intel graphics chips.
This system (both in the tarball and the compressed image file) has been made up to date June 28, 2016. Features of the corresponding 64-bit UEFI-and-BIOS systems have been added: htop, a menu to select text mode font size, and the 'tasksel' menu for all the options of the Ubuntu Server.
A. Tarball
There is a tarball for Xenial, released as [Ubuntu flavours of] version 16.04 LTS. It is based on a text only system installed with the Ubuntu mini.iso. It can easily be developed into standard Ubuntu or any of the Ubuntu flavours, or it can be used to create a custom system.
The tarball has the following md5sum:
Code:
3e42985053a8ea82bb87687286a45e6a Xenial-32-txt_2016-06-28_intel.tar.xz
B. Compressed image file
There is also a compressed image file, that works in BIOS mode. The compressed image files can be installed with mkusb (or mkusb-nox in text mode).
dd_Xenial-32-txt_2016-06-28_intel_7.8GB.img.xz
with the following md5sum:
Code:
01cc17a80dfbf7f5e484a56164ebbc8d dd_Xenial-32-txt_2016-06-28_intel_7.8GB.img.xz
user: guru
password: changeme
- You can download tarballs from within the One Button Installer. This is the easiest option, and the md5sum will be checked automatically.
- Download tarballs from the following link, http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/OBI/trusty/tarballs and check the md5sum manually.
The md5sums are in a file in the parent directory (of the tarballs directory), md5sums-phillw.txt
In this case 'trusty' means 'install with the Trusty version of the One Button Installer' (which is the recommended version). So tarballs with Xenial can be found there.
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I have tested the system in Xenial-32-txt_2016-06-28_intel.tar.xz in some different computers.
It works well in my 64-bit computers (from 2008 - 2016).
It works but with some problems in my 32-bit computers:
an IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M processor and a Dell Dimension 4600 with a Pentium 4 processor.
- The font is selected and unselected during boot,
+ but can be selected again via the text-mode-menus.
- The simple graphical user interface via Fluxbox and xinit cannot be started (via startx).
+ The more advanced graphical user interface 'Lubuntu Core' works as expected, and if Fluxbox is installed, it can be selected at the log in screen.
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Re: One Button Installer, 'OBI'
Tested and debugged system to install [Ubuntu flavours of] Xenial 32-bit alias 16.04 LTS]
This system (both in the tarball and the compressed image file) has been debugged and made up to date June 29, 2016. More details about the bugs can be found the this link to the Ubuntu Forums (the linked post and the following posts).
A. Tarball
X32-Txt-Startx-Intl_2016-06-29.tar.xz contains a Xenial 32-bit (i386) mini system.
- 'Txt' indicates that the system boots into a text screen.
- 'Startx' indicates that it can use startx and start the window manager Fluxbox where xterm is available. These program packages are already installed.
- 'Intl' indicates that the system contains the package 'xserver-xorg-video-intel', which makes the system work will some old Intel graphics chips.
The tarball has the following md5sum:
Code:
1d907738acfed97ac4a9009d3cf2dc5d X32-Txt-Startx-Intl_2016-06-29.tar.xz
B. Compressed image file
There is also a compressed image file, that works in BIOS mode. The compressed image files can be installed with mkusb (or mkusb-nox in text mode).
dd_X32-Txt-Startx-Intl_2016-06-29_7.8GB.img.xz
with the following md5sum:
Code:
7873e02b1cc5dcb5efe9a76569d7e2ba dd_X32-Txt-Startx-Intl_2016-06-29_7.8GB.img.xz
user: guru
password: changeme
- You can download tarballs from within the One Button Installer. This is the easiest option, and the md5sum will be checked automatically.
- Download tarballs from the following link, http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/OBI/trusty/tarballs and check the md5sum manually.
The md5sums are in a file in the parent directory (of the tarballs directory), md5sums-phillw.txt
In this case 'trusty' means 'install with the Trusty version of the One Button Installer' (which is the recommended version). So tarballs with Xenial can be found there.
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Re: One Button Installer, 'OBI'
One Button Installer version 3.3
This is a bug-fix version. You should download version 3.3 for selecting partitions to work properly.
- more robust syntax in the file '$partitions'
- modifications in the functions confirm-partition, select-part2, autoselect
You find the One Button Installer at the following link: http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/one-button-installer
Get the compressed image file dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_33_LubuntuTrusty.img.xz and install it to a USB pendrive with mkusb.
Check the md5sum:
Code:
md5sum dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_33_LubuntuTrusty.img.xz
e196c51aa56770a255eb99bd2abd45ca dd_blank-obi_7.8GB_33_LubuntuTrusty.img.xz
There is a general description at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI
