Is there a way to do an alternate or minimal install of Ubuntu 12.10?

[entropy1]

Is there a way to do an alternate or minimal install of Ubuntu 12.10 now that there is not alternate CD?

[wojox]

32 Bit (http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso)
64 Bit (http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso)

Did one this morning in Virtualbox to try out Razor-QT

[entropy1]

wojox, I tried to use the mini.iso to install in VirtualBox running on Windows 7. It failed with the error:


Couldn't download packages: dmsetup ncurses-bin util-linux

[wojox]

Yeah the servers are getting hammered. It's release day. It's always like this. I kept hitting the option to go back and it would redownload the package.

[era506]

Hi! Is there a way to accomplish this with a USB drive? My computer lacks an optical drive and the mini.iso seems to not work with these :S

EDIT: I mean, the usb drive can't be used to boot the mini.iso it seems

[ibjsb4]

Hi! Is there a way to accomplish this with a USB drive? My computer lacks an optical drive and the mini.iso seems to not work with these :S

EDIT: I mean, the usb drive can't be used to boot the mini.iso it seems

I have not tried it, but read somewhere that the mini.iso will work with unetbootin.

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

[era506]

I have not tried it, but read somewhere that the mini.iso will work with unetbootin.

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Thank you! It worked and it's currently installing :)

[zvacet]

@ era506

If you ever try multiboot use Multisystem. (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/multiboot-create-a-multiboot-usb-from-linux/) ;)

[ibjsb4]

Thank you! It worked and it's currently installing :)

Weird how one works and the other won't. But anyhow, welcome :)

[apedance]

sry. wrong!