Oversided LiveCD

[Snowhog]

I know that the developers are aware that the i386 LiveCD .iso file is 'oversized' and that is the result of a known bug. My question is, why haven't they fixed it!? I don't want to have to waste a DVD to burn what is/should be a CD sized .iso file.

[claydoh]

http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...veCD-iso-still



Anyway, the final image size will finally grow to being larger than 700mb.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/Alpha3/Kubuntu

[Snowhog]

Anyway, the final image size will finally grow to being larger than 700mb.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/Alpha3/Kubuntu

I thought that I might have made comment on it, but... :razz:

Even so, your comment (and the link provided) doesn't bode well for what is identified as a LiveCD. A CD .iso needs/demands that it fit, when burned, onto a CD, not a DVD.

[claydoh]

I do think that they will have to make sure the official release download mirrors will have the description text edited, but this won't be visible to a vast majority of users who download from the website and not directly from mirrors.

[Snowhog]

Of course, the LiveCD .iso, even if it won't fit onto a CD, can still be used to create a LiveUSB.

[Frank616]

And live USB's are where things are headed. Optical drives in general are on their way out.

Frank.

[woodsmoke]

I've installd Kubu on a usb stick, as with other distros, such as Midori, and Knoppix.

woodsmoke

[Snowhog]

Just finished doing so. I'm on 12.10 now, from the USB.

[capt-zero]

USB is all fine and good, but one of my machines will not allow a bios setting from a USB for some reason. I don't see any reason devs can't make a lite version that can the be upgraded to full after installation. That was the way Mint handled it.