This workaround was used because of a bug which has been FIXED (#355376 and #354226).

DO NOT USE THIS POST unless you know what you are doing.

To install a CLI system on my hp mini 1000, I used the MID Live lpia iso, and when it gets into the graphical interface, I pushed ctrl+alt+f2 to switch to another TTY. And then I installed using cdebootstrap. This is quite an expert installation and it is very long and hard to do.

Install cdebootstrap.

sudo apt-get install cdebootstrap
vim.tiny /usr/share/cdebootstrap/suites

Add a new entry for jaunty, that looks like the intrepid entry.

Create a new partition with fdisk /dev/sda
Make it bootable.
Then, we make a new partition, mount it, install the debootstrap, chroot into it and install a few packages, and add a new user:

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
mkdir /mnt/dd
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/dd
cdebootstrap jaunty /mnt/dd/ http://ports.ubuntu.com
chroot /mnt/dd /bin/bash
apt-get install grub language-pack-fr language-pack-en
apt-get install linux-image-lpia linux-backports-modules-jaunty-lpia linux-restricted-modules-lpia
adduser YOURNAME
adduser YOURNAME adm
visudo

And add:

%adm ALL=(ALL) ALL

vim.tiny /etc/fstab

And add:

/dev/sda1 / ext3 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1

Exit chroot:

exit

Let's install grub:

grub
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit

chroot /mnt/dd /bin/bash
update-grub -y
vim /boot/grub/menu.lst

Add this to defoptions line:

add elevator=noop to defoptions

Quit with :wq

Then we update grub, configure timezone and ethernet:

update-grub -y
dpkg-reconfigure tzdada
vim /etc/network/interfaces

And add this to get your ethernet working after reboot:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
 
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Reboot.

If boot time is very high, run this command after you logged in into the new system:

sudo update-initramfs -u

Then you might want to install ubuntu-standard and ubuntu-desktop or anything else you need:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-standard ubuntu-desktop

You might also need to add your user to the admin group.

sudo adduser YOURUSER admin

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