Ubuntu 7.04 available (Local Mirror)

hj2k_x said:
I see. Cool beans. I shall give it a go this weekend.
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A couple of tricks/hints.

1) It very nice to use a VM to test out any software you don't know much about. That way if the env is trashed you just go back to a clean VM. I use this for Windows VMs all of the time.
2) MS wants an activation for a VM if you change the VM memory size so create a VM and then activate it with the amount of mem you think you are going to use. If you are going to change the mem size, make a copy of the wpa.dbl file so that you don't have to keep activating when switching back and forth.
3) If you are using VM Player, make a copy of your VM once you have done a clean install (A snapshot for VMWare proper). That way you can always go back to your "clean" VM. You can even make multiple copies and use them for different reasons. I know of people using a VM for Office, another for development etc. Then you don't have to rebuild your XP every 6 months, only go back to the "clean: VM and install your apps.
4) It's a nice way to get around trials for a little bit. Use the software, then go back to a clean environment and use it again :)
5) It allows you to switch to a new PC / hard drive as easy as pie. Install the clean OS on your new PC, copy your VMs and you are up and running.
6) Get the full blown VMWare workstation. It's the most awesome piece of software available :) We use it for testing software and you can do something like:

Clean XP -> SP1 -> SP2 -> IE7

All with the same vm, only using snapshots to mark each point in time. If you want to test something, you just chose the snapshot and test on that environment.
 
Abe said:
A couple of tricks/hints.

1) It very nice to use a VM to test out any software you don't know much about. That way if the env is trashed you just go back to a clean VM. I use this for Windows VMs all of the time.
2) MS wants an activation for a VM if you change the VM memory size so create a VM and then activate it with the amount of mem you think you are going to use. If you are going to change the mem size, make a copy of the wpa.dbl file so that you don't have to keep activating when switching back and forth.
3) If you are using VM Player, make a copy of your VM once you have done a clean install (A snapshot for VMWare proper). That way you can always go back to your "clean" VM. You can even make multiple copies and use them for different reasons. I know of people using a VM for Office, another for development etc. Then you don't have to rebuild your XP every 6 months, only go back to the "clean: VM and install your apps.
4) It's a nice way to get around trials for a little bit. Use the software, then go back to a clean environment and use it again :)
5) It allows you to switch to a new PC / hard drive as easy as pie. Install the clean OS on your new PC, copy your VMs and you are up and running.
6) Get the full blown VMWare workstation. It's the most awesome piece of software available :) We use it for testing software and you can do something like:

Clean XP -> SP1 -> SP2 -> IE7

All with the same vm, only using snapshots to mark each point in time. If you want to test something, you just chose the snapshot and test on that environment.
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Shot for that!

i shall give it a go and will probably call on you when i get stuck :)
 
Hmmm... seems there is something wrong with my downloaded iso - how large is it? (I have 670,068,168) It starts up but I only get the install screen. Trying to install into a VM machine. Something must have gone wrong with my d/load. Ran 6.10 without problems.
 
adsl3g said:
Hmmm... seems there is something wrong with my downloaded iso - how large is it? It starts up but I only get the install screen. Trying to install into a VM machine. Something must have gone wrong with my d/load. Ran 6.10 without problems.
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Check the MD5 of your ISO against that on the server.

a2b159599b69cea51371eee1ec5feda6 *ubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso
e296e3468358789904097fc8df29609a *ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso

3ac945079e9e3afd1e65f577edef1aca *kubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso
1ad3c003dbcbe27b3265da23b886d047 *kubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso

Also remember that you can't run a 64 bit version in a 32 bit OS if thats what you tried so if you have WinXP 32bit, you will need to run the desktop-i386.iso
 
OK, thanks - If I open the md5sum.txt file on the d/load it looks something like this
90537599d934967f4de97ee0e7e66e6c ./dists/feisty/main/binary-i386/Release
c53152b488a9ed521c96fdfb12a1bbba ./dists/feisty/main/binary-i386/Packages
ba9a035c270ba6df978097ee68b8d7c6 ./dists/feisty/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz

.......
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so not sure where to look.

I'm running ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso

EDIT: Never mind - used digestIT to calculate the dloaded checksum and it comes up with 87ad66aa0a83cab3e34b28a0e9ca3bcc ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso. So the download is buggered - will try and d/load it again this weekend with a d/load manager.

Any recommendations for a free download manager - I heard GetRight is OK.
 
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adsl3g said:
OK, thanks - If I open the md5sum.txt file on the d/load it looks something like this


so not sure where to look.

I'm running ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso
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You need an MD5 application to get the hash on the file you have downloaded. Then you will do something like:

D:\Downloads\Linux\Ubuntu\7.04>md5 < ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso
E20A7648F33EF9F56B1B89312626EC21 -

Which is wrong. Can someone else check the MD5's from some downloads on the local mirror. All of my hashes are wrong.
 
TheLoot said:
Just some mirrors (local aswell, just for interest sake !)

http://za.releases.ubuntu.com/feisty/
http://ftp.up.ac.za/pub/linux/distributions/ubuntu/ubuntu-release/7.04/
ftp://ftp.is.co.za/ubuntu-releases/7.04

The second site is currently updating, they say after the weekend it should be sorted (IE Try it from 23 April onwards)
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I am redownloading from the IS mirror. My ISO is not correct. If anyone else has a copy of ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso could they confirm the MD5. Something wierd is going on here. I have completed four of the ISO's and every one has the wrong MD5. Also, the update date on the local mirror for the ISO's is 15th where they were only released on the 18th.
 
adsl3g said:
Maybe check overseas download sites to see what date is on those ISO's.

EDIT: Checked on http://ftp.wayne.edu/linux_distributions/ubuntu/7.04/ and the iso's are also dated the 15th.
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The ones on IS are dated the 20th. Will have ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso redownloaded in about 4 hours time and will then compare the two. The MD5 hashes are definitely wrong on my set. Either the hashes are in the MD5SUM file on the servers are wrong or the files downloaded wrong or the local mirror has the wrong files.
 
Damn - you think I should kill my download - 30% done from za.releases?
 
ISO from za.releases released on 15th April for *ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso checks out fine - MD5 checksum = e296e3468358789904097fc8df29609a
 
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can't install:
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off.
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Bah!! so much for the hype of the 'improved' installation of this release.. let me go back to XP and OSX.
 
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