I'm not sure if this is specific to the Ubuntu Live based installs, or if this would apply to any Ubuntu installation. However, attempting to install sun-java6-jre (or sun-java5-jre) has left me with a continuous string of errors until I did this…
ln -s / /cow
It seems as though one of the installation scripts has this [...]
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Ubuntu Live and Java
Portable Ubuntu: working!
Thanks to a tip from Bryan, portable Ubuntu is now working for me, though not quite in the same way I envisioned it in the beginning.
I assumed that, in the end, I'd boot a real Linux partition with a real Linux boot loader. However, this is not the case. It seems that my laptop, and [...]
Portable Ubuntu - Part 2
As mentioned a few days ago, I'm having problems with Portable Ubuntu. This morning, fed up with my perfectionist ways, I decided to jump through the hoops required to do it the no-brainer way, that Justin suggested. I wish I hadn't.