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bofak
October 16th, 2012, 09:25 PM
Are there any figures available for the amount of space required for a clean install of 12.04?

A few years ago I was fool enough to try and save a few $$ by buying a netbook with a hard drive of only 4GB. I've been running 10.04 on it satisfactorily, but the $$ I saved had to be spent on a slot card to give me space for my files.

Now I'd like to go for 12.04 but I'm wondering about space. If it won't fit, will I be given a warning right at the start that there is insufficient space or will I find out the hard way? I don't want to risk messing up an OS that is working just fine, though a little out of date.

cybrsaylr
October 16th, 2012, 09:35 PM
No. IMHO you need more room for 12.04.

I just installed 64 bit 12.04 on a SSD. After updates and installing several of my fav programs/apps, 5.0GB of space has been used.

jerrrys
October 16th, 2012, 10:59 PM
Not recommend

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

May want to look at Puppy Linux (http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm), it can use Ubuntu software.

bofak
October 17th, 2012, 12:17 AM
Yes -- it seems the recommended minimum drive-size is now 5 GB.

Would it be feasible to run Ubuntu from a USB stick or slot-card? These little netbooks don't have CD/DVD drives. Would there be complications? I'm getting a bit out of my depth here, technically. Could anyone steer me toward documentation on doing that sort of thing?

Thanks, guys, for the help so far.

oldfred
October 17th, 2012, 12:21 AM
Full Ubuntu will not fit. Lubuntu may also fit.

Lubuntu one stop thread - amjjawad
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LubuntuLinks
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755

Now older
HOW TO Install Lubuntu on USB Drive - amjjawad
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1872303

You can also install the minimal which is just kernel & a driver to get onto the Internet to download only those apps you want.

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

wojox
October 17th, 2012, 12:28 AM
A few years ago I was fool enough to try and save a few $$ by buying a netbook with a hard drive of only 4GB. I've been running 10.04 on it satisfactorily, but the $$ I saved had to be spent on a slot card to give me space for my files.

I have an Asus 900 eeepc that I mount root on the 4 GB internal and then home on a 4 GB slot card. Runs fine.
I did upgrade the memory from 512 MB to 2 GB. I let my daughter test 12.10 on it.

bofak
October 17th, 2012, 01:38 AM
I have an Asus 900 eeepc that I mount root on the 4 GB internal and then home on a 4 GB slot card. Runs fine.

Well that's basically what I've been doing. But would it work the other way round?

jerrrys
October 17th, 2012, 02:14 AM
I haven't got around to it yet, but I also have 4gig to work with and going to give puppy a go.

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wojox
October 17th, 2012, 03:41 AM
Well that's basically what I've been doing. But would it work the other way round?

Sure, follow that third link from oldfred. You have to fake out Ubiquity at first. :P

bofak
October 17th, 2012, 11:20 PM
Sure, follow that third link from oldfred. You have to fake out Ubiquity at first. :P

I think this may be the way to go. Thx.

Please just explain one last thing: I've no idea what you mean by fake out Ubiquity at first.

wojox
October 17th, 2012, 11:44 PM
I've no idea what you mean by fake out Ubiquity at first.

Ubiquity should have a command line option to override the free space check (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/775124)
It won't let you install on under 4GB of space. Last time I had to edit casper/filesystem.size