posted Nov 20, 2011, 10:22 AM by Darin Miller
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updated Sep 22, 2015, 7:54 AM
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Downloading the iso and Live booting - Once a Linux ISO is downloaded DVD or USB drive can be created to boot the PC
- Free CD Burning software can be found on the Ubuntu website as well as a reference to create bootable USB drive
- Ubuntu includes a Start-Up disc creator [sic] to create bootable USB drives.
Partitioning Partition Recommendations | Mount Point Name | Common Name | Size | | / | Root | 12GB to 50GB | | /boot/efi | Boot | 300MB (GPT partition tables only) | | /home | Home | 20GB or larger | | Swap | Swap | RAM + Swap should be at least 4GB |
GParted rendition of hard drive partitions with a Linux only installation configuration:
GParted rendition of hard drive with multiple OS installation configuration, option 1:
GParted rendition of hard drive with multiple OS installation configuration, option 2:
Lessons Learned:
- Corrupted partition tables on USB drives cause live boot sessions to fail. Solution: Use Partition Manager to create a new MS-DOS partition table
- On some system BIOS', external USB drives must be plugged in during the boot process in order for the installer to recognize the device a a valid installation target.
- To enable Live Boot with some BOIS', the USB drive must be inserted before powering on the computer.
- The open source NVidia drivers (Nouveau) on the Ubuntu 15.04 cause many issues including black screen on boot and random lockup. (Avoid this release if you have older NVidia graphics cards.)
- nomodeset had to be added to the Grub boot on 2 of the 4 installations.
- sudo update-grub is not sufficient for grub2 updates. After editing /etc/default/grub, run grub-mkconfig then run sudo update-grub.
- The TAOS wireless speed is not very fast. :)
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 Updating... Darin Miller, Mar 11, 2012, 5:15 PM
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