32bit ISO image won't fit on 700 CD

[Basil Chupin]

On 28/09/12 00:53, Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
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> On 09/27/2012 10:20 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 28/09/12 00:14, Gerald I. Evenden wrote:
>>> I downloaded kubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso but could not burn a 700
>>> CD because the image exceeded the size limit of the CD by just a few
>>> bytes.
>>>
>>> General complaint: do not push the size envelope.
>>>
>>> Question, any CD manufacturer/brand that may push its size envelope
>>> sufficiently to hold the iso distribution?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>> Burn it to a single-layer DVD. Simple.
> Which might be usable or not, depending on the optical drive. If the
> image does not fit on a CD, it shouldn't be called a CD image.

"A rose by any other name."

If you want to spend time then you can squeeze that 12.04 kubuntu onto a 
700MB CD or you can get a non-standard size CD and use that. But the 
simplest way is to burn it to a 4.7GB DVD. Or you can buy the disc with 
12.04 on it. "There are many ways to skin a cat."

BC

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