Converting Xubuntu to Inveneo Linux 2

This method allows you to install Inveneo Linux 2 on any machine. However, you may need to compile your own drivers if you are not using an Inveneo communications/computing station.

=Installing Xubuntu 7.04 Alternate=


 * 1) Download an ISO of Xubuntu 7.04 Alternate
 * 2) Set your BIOS to boot from CD-ROM
 * 3) Install Xubuntu
 * 4) *Create Partition 1: 5 GB or greater, Primary, Beginning, Use as: ext3, Mount point: '/'
 * 5) *Create Partition 2: 100 MB or greater, Primary, Beginning, Use as: ext3, Mount on: Do Not Mount
 * 6) *Create Partition 3: 1 GB or greater, Primary, Beginning, Use as: swap area [Note: Swap is optional, you can leave out]
 * 7) *Create the user inveneo
 * 8) *Password 1nvene0

''If you are installing IDL on an Inveneo Low Power computer with a 40GB hard drive. Inveneo recommends partition 1 to be 10GB, partition 2 to be 28 GB and swap of 2GB''

=From Xubuntu to Inveneo Linux 2.1.5=


 * 1) Download the bootstrap
 * 2) *After clicking on the link, right click the mouse and select save as.
 * 3) *Save the bootstrap to /tmp
 * 4) Open a command line prompt using tty1 > crtl+alt+F1
 * 5) *run the bootstrap:
 * 6) *> sudo bash /tmp/bootstrap.sh
 * 7) The system should automatically reboot after it finishes installing the bootstrap
 * 8) Use the command line in tty1 > ctnl+alt+F1
 * 9) Confirm that the correct kernel is installed:
 * 10) *> uname -r
 * 11) *> 2.6.20-ubuntu-ion-8 [or similar]
 * 12) Run the installer
 * 13) * > cd /opt/install
 * 14) * > sudo bin/install-desktop-linux.py
 * 15) * > during the install process, you will be asked questions about configuring LDAP and other things. Always choose the default by just hitting enter.
 * 16) * > sudo reboot
 * 17) Now the system will reboot into Inveneo Linux 2

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