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 -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LSCS/CSI/USS Group __________________________________________________