Urs Beyerle wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>   

Yes, this is our mistake, and we'll have to remake the CD's.
But Urs is somewhat correct.  On a normal, English (and possibly a 
couple other languages) install, you don't need the 7th disk.
This will take a couple of days to make and test.
Troy
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