[Bio-linux-list] Insatlling Bio-linux 8

[Tony Travis]

On 01/02/16 12:12, Andres Lavore wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm try to installing Bio-linux 8 in a 100GB partition disk in my
> Laptop.
> 
> First at all, I have tried to overwrite bio-linux from Ubuntu 14
> with the command /wget -qO-
> http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/downloads/bl8_only/upgrade8.sh | sudo sh, and
> appeared the following error: / / /
> 
> W: Failed to fetch
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/nebc/bio-linux/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/binary-amd64/Packages
>  404  Not Found
> 
> W: Failed to fetch
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/nebc/bio-linux/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/binary-i386/Packages
>  404  Not Found

Hi, Andres.

Bio-Linux is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty", but it looks like you
are running Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid" - You can't use Tim's "upgrade8.sh"
script for "Vivid" unless you downgrade it to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS first.

Try running:

  lsb_release -d

It should say:

  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

If not, you won't be able to use Tim's script.

> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
> old ones used instead.
> 
> 
> I believe thar  these 2 packages are wrong and  this is the reason
> that the instalation failed.
> 
> 
> After that, I tried to install BioLinux  booting a USB memory, but
> when de installation start (after the time time ussage configuration)
> an error appear telling me that  there is an error in the DVD  device
> or in the HDD.

How did you create your Bio-Linux USB-stick?

> Did somebody see these errors before? How is the better way to
> install Bio-linux8 in a partition disk to mantain my Win10?

It can be quite complicated to install Bio-Linux on a UEFI laptop if you
want to preserve the Windows 10 boot-loader. The default Bio-Linux
installation does not always detect the Windows "EFI" partition, so you
have to installed the EFI version of GRUB manually to get it to work.

I've just done exactly what you are trying to do on my colleague's
Windows 10 UEFI laptop using one of Tim's standard NEBC Bio-Linux
USB-sticks. The only problem that we encountered was updating the EFI
boot partition to include a Bio-Linux (Ubuntu) entry in the boot menu.

HTH,

  Tony.

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