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 > > >