bullseye000 Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 Hi All I am involved in a study project to compare 2 versions of linux for ease of installation and use. One of the reasons I was chosen to partake is that I am not a Linux user whatsoever. One of the first problems that I encountered was after downloading the iso files from a site mirror we quickly realized that the images for disk 2 and 3 are larger than the 700mb limit on a cdr. Are these images only needed after the install? We did use the checksum utility and all of the images are ok. I've read a lot of posts here and haven't found a satisfying explanation. Any help, guidance or suggestions would be appreciated. K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polemicz Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 What distros are you talking about? Remember 700 mb is not 700,000,000 bytes. I've dl'd and burnt may distros (mdk, debian, suse, mepis, and knoppix) without problems. Depending on the distro you may only need cd1. I once did a suse and got the rest of my packages from a mirror. So with a bit more info you will probably get all the help you need here, a great site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 A lot of times, the size of the ISO does not accurately reflect the size of the resulting disk. There is not a one-to-one relationship between the size of the ISO and the size of the CD. Obviously, if you download a 900meg ISO it is not going to fit onto a 700meg CD. However, if the ISO is a little over the 700 mark, it should burn without any problems onto a CD-R. Which ISO's in particular did you download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 The second iso is 714,646 kbs which is roughly 698 mbs. The third is 711,864 which is roughly 695 mbs. They should burn with no prob. If I did my math correctly that is. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 First thing I would say is to actually try burning the images to cd first. I have never encountered a problem with any distro not fitting on to the cd when I tried to write the image. Also, like mysti and polemicz pointed out, 700MB is not 700,000,000 bytes. 1MB = 1024KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullseye000 Posted January 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 Sorry not enough info. I followed the links to the ftp mirrors on Mandrakes web site. I checked several different sites to verify the size and they all match. I burned the first cd iso image to a cd and there were no problems. It even autoruns when I put it into a drive. When I tried to burn cd 2 to disk using Nero it reports that the contents of the image will not fit on the cd. I've tried 4 different media types and get the same results. All are 700mb disks. If I don't need the other 2 images I suppose that would be ok. I just didn't know if they were a required part of the install or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 sometimes you have to turn on an "over burn" option in some cd burners when the file size is a bit larger than the CD is supposed to allow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullseye000 Posted January 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 Nero does indicate that the image is 698mb Duration 79:26:23. The recorder is capable of overburning and the setting is set for 83 minutes of recording and is enabled. It's a Pioneer drive and I would like to think it's up to the task. I've also tried Verbatim, Sony, Maxell, and Memorex media. I don't know how far I can push the overburn before I damage the recorder. That would be a disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 You can do an install with just cd1 but having 2 and 3 would be best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 Nero does indicate that the image is 698mb Duration 79:26:23. The recorder is capable of overburning and the setting is set for 83 minutes of recording and is enabled. It's a Pioneer drive and I would like to think it's up to the task. I've also tried Verbatim, Sony, Maxell, and Memorex media. I don't know how far I can push the overburn before I damage the recorder. That would be a disaster. First major question I have reguarding this issue is: Have you set up Nero to accept 700MB disks by default? If you don't do this, Nero won't let you burn a large ISO as it assumes you only have 650MB disks. Of course, this could have changed. It's been a while since I've used Windows for anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullseye000 Posted January 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 As far as I can see there is no good reason for this not to work. The software reports the image being 698mb and the disk having 703mb available. I think we are going to try another burner and see if that helps us out. Even cd 3 which it lists as 695mb won't burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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