12.04.1 32-bit image is too big!!

[pwabrahams]

I just downloaded the 12.04.1 32-bit image and tried to copy it to a CD, only to discover that it wouldn't fit!! The image size is 703MB but the CD size is 700 MB -- just a little too small. My impression is that the intent of the distribution was to enable it to fit on a CD. What is going on here? Did someone make a mistake? Would I do any better with the 12.04 image?

[Snowhog]

It's a packaging 'bug'. It should be identified as a note/warning on the download site that the LiveUSB CD is 'oversized'.

[pwabrahams]

Workaround?

The problem I have is that I'm trying to install Kubuntu 12.04 (not necessarily 12.04.1) on an old computer that can't boot from a DVD. So I really need an image that is no larger than 700MB. I've thought of unpacking the 12.04.1 ISO image, removing a few packages, and creating a new ISO image, but I don't know how to make that image boot properly, or at all. I've tried to find the 12.04 (not 12.04.1) CD but have not been able to.

How do you report a packaging bug like this, since it isn't associated with any package that I can identify?

[Snowhog]

You can get the correct 12.04 LiveCD iso (under 700Mb) here.

[OneLine]

The very many ways in which (K/X/L)Ubuntu may be installed : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

There is the MinimalCD: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...tion/MinimalCD

...the size of the install CD to approximately 5 to 30MB depending on architecture

[pwabrahams]

Regular versus alternate CD

If I go to the webpage cited (which is the first thing I did), the regular CD shown there is 703MB and has 12.04.1, not 12.04. But the alternate CD is indeed 693 MB. Is there a disadvantage to using the alternate? I assume there is, since otherwise why bother with the standard one? And is there a place to find the actual 12.04 Kubuntu (not Ubuntu) version? Whatever I try, I get bounced to the 12.04.1 version.

[benny_fletch]

I have the kubuntu 12.04 ISO's on my personal server here:
http://66.41.157.240/

[Snowhog]

pwabrahams@
Just scroll down the page; don't click on the Select an image links at the top of the page (those do take you to the 12.04.1 images)

[pwabrahams]

@Benny, thanks! That looks like the right one.

@Snowhog, I scrolled down as you suggested. But none of the images there seem to be the right one. There are a bunch for Mac, a bunch of alternates, a bunch of DVD images, and a few others (for 12.04). Which one were you thinking of? The one from Benny has the name kubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso.

[Snowhog]

pwabrahams@

Well. I opened my eyes a bit wider, and I see that the properly sized iso images are for the 64-bit MAC, not the PC. My bad.

[benny_fletch]

Some of the ISO names were modified to allow for proper A-Z descending order (i.e. changing the first letter from S to s), although I don't think the kubuntu ISO's had that issue and thus were not changed. I know it is not the best practice, but if I didn't do this the [ Browse Downloads ] sub page was a mess. I would need to modify the PHP script that displays the files for this not to happen, but I haven't gotten around to it.

[pwabrahams]

Workaround

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...a/+bug/1050726 for the workaround, acknowledgement, etc. (for those who have stumbled upon this thread while encountering the same problem).

[Snowhog]

For those who desire 'immediate gratification', the direct link to the 'older' 12.04 iso download page that contains the 'correct' sized LiveCD files, click here.

[tomcloyd]

Excellent. Immediate gratification has always worked for me! (Why am I feeling the need for chocolate right now? Oooops. Wrong forum....)

[GreyGeek]

I have overburning turned on to allow burning past the fence polls right to the edge of the road...