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  Matt

  1 year ago

  Multiverse contained both 1.5 and 1.6 for me. If you're getting 1.5, you can probably also get 1.6. (Or at least, I was able to simply install them).
  
  mreynolds@onosendai:~$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
  sun-java6-bin: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
  
  mreynolds@onosendai:~$ apt-cache showpkg sun-java6-bin
  Package: sun-java6-bin
  Versions:
  6-03-0ubuntu2 (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
  Description Language:
  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages
  MD5: 026bcd0fe69901775823d7dfb9da4a5a
  
  
  Reverse Depends:
  turkey,sun-java6-bin
  sun-java6-plugin,sun-java6-bin 6-03-0ubuntu2
  sun-java6-jre,sun-java6-bin
  sun-java6-jre,sun-java6-bin 6-03-0ubuntu2
  Dependencies:
  6-03-0ubuntu2 - sun-java6-jre (5 6-03-0ubuntu2) unixodbc (0 (null)) libc6 (0 (null)) debconf (18 0.5) debconf-2.0 (0 (null)) libstdc++5 (0 (null)) binfmt-support (0 (null)) libasound2 (0 (null)) libgcc1 (0 (null)) libx11-6 (0 (null)) libxext6 (0 (null)) libxi6 (0 (null)) libxp6 (0 (null)) libxtst6 (0 (null)) libnss-mdns (0 (null)) binfmt-support (3 1.1.2)
  Provides:
  6-03-0ubuntu2 -
  Reverse Provides:
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  Jim Reverend

  1 year ago

  Thank you! That was the trick. Didn't know the package name.
  
  I'll add Multiverse and try that tonight.
  
  (sent via BlackBerry)
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  Martin Atkins

  1 year ago

  Nice to hear that you got it working.
  
  Did you consider putting the bootloader and kernel in a separate FAT16 partition and just having the rest of the system on a normal ext3 partition? That way, you can mount the FAT16 partition at /boot and allow kernel upgrades to be done as normal.
  
  Your approach makes me nervous because the filesystem contents are going to change dramatically at some point in the boot process. I guess it's not a major problem in practice -- filesystems get mounted pretty early on during boot -- but it's just another thing you have to be weary of when installing/configuring software.
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  Jim Reverend

  1 year ago

  I did consider it.
  
  The problem is I only know very litte about syslinux and kernel building. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get it right without following the instructions I had which did it this way. I didn't want to spend hours more trying to figure out that one bit.
  
  
  (sent via BlackBerry)
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  Bryan

  1 year ago

  Yep, it's miserably slow. I use it primarily for what many people use Knoppix for - as a rescue system for dead Windows partitions. If I actually had to use it as a primary system daily I might have trouble.
  
  Java is a pain but I believe I've used these instructions before (on a desktop install):
  
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=76702
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  Jim Reverend

  1 year ago

  I'll try them out. Thank you!
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