Creating an ISO from INSTALLED UBUNTU.

[debiani386 at gmail.com]

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 16:10 -0400, elmo wrote:
> I have a 8,04 DVD version installed.  I have done a lot of customizing 
> it, (full desktop, some additional software, for example), so it's 
> considerably larger than it was when I first installed it. In its 
> present size, it would definitely require a DVD to hold a copy of it.
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> Instead of spending a lot time in my making copies of it on my DVDs. I 
> would like to be able to send the whole package via email to 
> acquaintances in ISO form and let them make their own DVDs.
> 
> There's a lot of info about burning ISO Image disks but a scarcity about 
> the reverse process, ie., create an ISO from a working program.
> 
> HELP!!!
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> Elmo
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well it will take a long time to send it, even over a high speed
connection. Are you sure your email provider will even let you send big
files like that? (Presumably 4 or 8 gig)

if not, then there are services such as yousendit.com that will let you
send huge files via email

--cj