Howard, Chris wrote:
> You are right.  Sorry, I should have said v 5.4
> That disc #7 is over 700 MB.
>
>   

Now I see. Yes, this is definitely to big for a normal CD-ROM.

# du -csh SL.54.110309.CD.i386.disc7.iso
797M    total

Troy or Connie can maybe have a look at this.

However, I guess for a "normal" installation you don't need disc7. But
I'm only guessing.


Cheers,

    Urs




> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Urs Beyerle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Fri 11/20/2009 1:22 AM
> To: Howard, Chris
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 5.3 i386 disc7.iso
>  
>
>
> Howard, Chris wrote:
>   
>> When I try to burn this one, my burner says it is a DVD image.
>> I think that is because it is too big to fit.  My blank
>> CD says it will hold 707 MB.
>>
>> If I buy a different kind of blank CD's will that possibly
>> work?
>>     
>
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> That's strange. If I download SL.53.031909.CD.i386.disc7.iso from
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/53/iso/i386/CD/ I get an
> iso file which is 697MB. This should fit on a 700MB CD. Have you checked
> the md5sum of your downloaded iso file?
>
> # wget
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/53/iso/i386/CD/SL.53.031909.CD.i386.disc7.iso
>
> # du -csh SL.53.031909.CD.i386.disc7.iso
> 697M    SL.53.031909.CD.i386.disc7.iso
> 697M    total
>
> # md5sum SL.53.031909.CD.i386.disc7.iso
> e6808afa7cd3bdf048b6a0bcdda25088  SL.53.031909.CD.i386.disc7.iso
>
> Cheers,
>
>     Urs
>
>
>