Ubuntu – What happened to with the alternate installer in Ubuntu 14.04?

alternate

http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04/

vs.:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/

In the "old" times Ubuntu had a separated "ncurses-based" installer when people wanted to use Full Disc Encryption when installing. It was named: Alternate installer.

Question: What happened to the alternate install CD? Are there any

Best Answer

The alternate installer has been ended. Full disc encryption is now possible via the "normal" one.

Related Solutions

UEFI Installation – Can I Install in UEFI Mode with the Alternate Installer?

I figured it out, so for those who are interested, here's how to do it:

After the installation, reboot the computer into a live CD or any Linux CD that can mount the hard drive partitions. Then, do the following: (replace # with appropriate partition numbers)

### Mounting ###

sudo mount /dev/sda# /mnt            #Mount root (/) partition
sudo mount /dev/sda# /mnt/boot       #Mount boot (/boot) partition 
                                      (if separate from root partition)
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi          #Create EFI partition mount point
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi   #Mount EFI partition

sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys

sudo chroot /mnt                     #Chroot to your installation

### Installing ###

apt-get install grub-efi-amd64  #Install grub EFI bootloader

grub-install --recheck --no-floppy --force
                                     #Install grub bootloader in EFI partition

echo "configfile (hd0,gpt#)/boot/grub.cfg" > /boot/efi/ubuntu/grub.cfg
                                     #Tell grub to load grub.cfg from /boot

update-grub                          #Create grub menu list

exit                                 #Exit chroot

### Unmounting ###

sudo umount /mnt/dev
sudo umount /mnt/proc
sudo umount /mnt/sys
sudo umount /mnt/boot/efi
sudo umount /mnt/boot
sudo umount /mnt

Fix Integrity Check Failure for 12.04.1 Alternate ISO

This is an error in mastering the ISO, but can safely be ignored

You get this error because the install/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/pxelinux.cfg/default file does not exist in the 64-bit alternate ISO image, although it does in the ISO's file-checksum list (md5sum.txt):
- 573bf62a1f14cdcef0e8299863547a5a ./install/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/pxelinux.cfg/default
- See this pastebin for the actual contents of the install/netboot folder.
It can be ignored because the files refer to the minimal "netboot" ISO version, which is irrelevant when you are using a full alternate ISO.
If you really want to "solve" the error, you can download the missing file into the appropriate folder; beware that this may not be the last though because apparently there are six such missing files...