iso image size version 8.10

[Ray Parrish]

Hello,

715,592 / 1024 = 698.8203125 MBs which is just under the 700 MB limit of 
most CDs. I just downloaded the Ubuntu 8.04.2-desktop-i386.iso and it is 
only 679 MBs. However when I burn it with wodim from the command line, 
wodim claims it is burning a total of 834 MBs to the disc, and after 
ending up with a total of 8 worthless coasters, instead of getting any 
good CDs, I have given up on making a new Ubuntu Live CD.

I read man wodim very carefully, and did the burn on the slowest speed 
available on my burner, with all of the correct options enabled, but 
none of the attempts I've made will boot, they always fail part way 
through loading the kernel after the initial menu shows, no matter which 
option I select. Here's the actual command line I used for the last 
burn, after carefully testing it withe -dummy option and getting no errors.

ray at ray-desktop:~$ sudo wodim -v -raw96r -speed=0 dev=/dev/scd0 
gracetime=20 driveropts=noburnfree -data tsize=731869184 
"/home/ray/Downloads/ubuntu-8.04.2-desktop-i386.iso"

I did also do a check on the MD5sum for the image file before burning as 
well. One thing that I did think was odd, was that wodim insisted on 
burning a 150 byte lead in at the start of the track before starting on 
the actual data.

Later, Ray Parrish

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Sudha Krishna wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>> I downloaded ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso image and tried to burn it
>> to a CD, but the size of the download is 715,592 KB, which is more
>> than the capacity of a single CD. So I am unable to burn it to the CD.
>> However, the ubuntu web page states that all we need is a single 700
>> MB CD. I downloaded the image from mirrors.kernel.org. Could you
>> please let me know how I can create a CD for installation?
>>     
>
> I always burn them to DVDs these days.
>
>
>   

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