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I'm not sure which one to type in, and I can't find any info online that explains the difference. I'm afraid the difference may be very important.

I noticed there's also "install" and "install-free", so I'm also not able to find what the difference there is.

Seen in yaboot after pressing {tab}.

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  • Sorry, but you'll have to be more specific. Where do you see it? What gives you these options? – Eduardo Cola Jan 19 '16 at 00:23
  • Thank you. As seen on "press tab" from the lubuntu desktop 14.04 CD (first screen, where you type "install" to install the OS). – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 00:24
  • So your architecture is PowerPC? We in the x86 lands usually do not have to type anything during installation time. But I think I can guess: "install" is probably the installation-only mode and "install-free" must be the "try without installing" options. But I'm just guessing. – Eduardo Cola Jan 19 '16 at 00:28
  • @EduardoCola It's very odd. The release is specifically for powerPC's, http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.04/release/ (sorry, I *am* using the alternate bc I don't have network access). However, I have to type install-powerpc? I wonder if it makes any difference. – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 00:30
  • Could you send images of your screen from boot time to the one you get this prompt in? – Eduardo Cola Jan 19 '16 at 00:32
  • @EduardoCola I'll get a picture after the OS loads up. If you press "tab" at the first screen after you put a Ubuntu CD in, it enumerates kernel install options. – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 00:43
  • So why don't you just select one of the defaults? – Eduardo Cola Jan 19 '16 at 00:47
  • Well, I'm using a powerpc. The default is "install", and then there's also the install-powerpc. I'm confused, but in my mind it makes more sense to type install-powerpc because perhaps install will install an OS purposed for another hardware through this hardware.... Only explanation I can come up with, since I don't know the gory details about how any of this works. – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 00:52
  • I would think that `install-free` means it doesn't come with any proprietary components, but I'm not completely sure. – TheWanderer Jan 19 '16 at 00:57
  • @Zacharee1 Can you elaborate? It's a mac. isn't everything proprietary? – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 01:02
  • @Wolfpack'08 hardware is, but what you're installing isn't necessarily. – TheWanderer Jan 19 '16 at 01:04
  • I wouldn't worry about there being a major difference. Just go with that normal one (install). – TheWanderer Jan 19 '16 at 01:06
  • @Zacharee1 http://superuser.com/questions/1028206/include-network-drivers-on-a-mini-cd-probook-g4-lubuntu-black-screen-with – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 01:19
  • @Wolfpack'08 Did you try `install video=ofonly`, like the prompt suggests? – TheWanderer Jan 19 '16 at 01:20
  • @Zacharee1 The "white screen" looks different. There's no mouse cursor on that screen, which indicates that the video driver couldn't be found. I've got a black screen with a mouse cursor. – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 01:22
  • Try it anyway. Who knows? – TheWanderer Jan 19 '16 at 01:22
  • @Zacharee1 Hoping the triaged/unresolved bug method or the 'use a liveOS' method works (next step). – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 01:23
  • Try it I guess. How long did you left the computer after it booted? – TheWanderer Jan 19 '16 at 01:25
  • @Zacharee1 Bout twenty minutes. Eventually, the monitor started flashing on and off with a text cursor at the top left (black screen). I'm wondering if the -free- switch won't work, but I'd really like to just try loading the correct files into an ISO; however, I can't figure out for the life of me how to do that. I'm getting the "known bug" like a billion times. – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 01:28
  • I'm not that good with PPC, and I've tried to install Lubuntu multiple times on my old 1999 G3. It's never even reached the installer phase. – TheWanderer Jan 19 '16 at 01:31
  • update: it's yaboot, not ubiquity – Wolfpack'08 Jan 19 '16 at 15:25

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The "install-free" option from yaboot adds apt-setup/restricted=false apt-setup/multiverse=false to the kernel command line. These two options disable non-free or multiverse software during the installation.

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