Installation attempt.

[John Ohno]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Wolf, Robert (ext) <
Robert.Wolf at sydac.com.au> wrote:

>  Hello there over the moon!
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> I made an attempt to install Lunar yesterday!
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> Here is a quick report.
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> 1.       I could not find lunar-1.6.5-rc1-i686.iso.bz2
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> I downloaded lunar-1.6.5-i686.iso.bz2 (I hope it is identical)
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> 2.       Unzipped and created bootable USB stick with it.
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> 3.       Currently I have another linux, which works.
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> Hence I tried to install Lunar on another USB stick (8 GBytes).
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> Everything seems to work OK.
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> Kernel got compiled.
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> GRUB got installed.
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> I was asked to create passwords.
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> Then computer run-out-of-battery.
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> So, yes, I have to repeat the process again, I think.
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> But I have a few questions:
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> 1.       Is the kernel version 2.6.something?
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> If so, will I be able to re-compile the latest version of kernel?
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Yes. There should be a document on what needs to be done to upgrade from
2.6 to 3.x on the site somewhere.

>  2.       I assume I can install Lunar on a USB stick and keep another
> linux on hard drive intact. Am I right?
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Yes.

>  3.       Consequently, I assume that GRUB get installed on USB stick (is
> this correct)?
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Yes.

>  4.       Later on, if I decide to keep Lunar and another linux together
> on HD, will I need to install GRUB?
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> (well, it is already installed by another linux).
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Yes. (Lunar will happily install grub for you)

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> Cheers,
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> Robert
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
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> *Robert Wolf*
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