On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 16:55 +0000, Daniel James wrote: > Hi Jim, > > > Having trouble formatting download to a cd for installation. It seems the > > request is very specific in that a CD -R/RW is requested. Is it really > > that specific. > > No, any standard 700MB CD-R should work. Using a CD-RW is optional. > > > Having > > trouble finding that variety in my area stores. > > Many years ago, when CD-Rs cost about $15 each, someone thought the > re-writable CD was a really good idea. USB memory sticks seem to have > totally superseded the CD-RW now. > > > Or is it possibly a > > burning to CD problem on my end: Nero? > > Have you tested the downloaded iso image is intact, before you burn it, > using the md5sum? Also, make sure you are burning the iso image directly > to the disc, rather than burning a data disc containing just the iso > image file. > > After burning, if you look at the CD on a Windows system, you should see > directories with names such as 'dists' and 'pool', with the latter > containing the packages. > > Cheers! > > Daniel
Jim, Daniel, the media is needed for what version of 64 Studio? It might be, that for 3.0 beta and 3.3 alpha even overburning a 700 MB CD won't work ;). I recommend to use a DVD for burning the CD image ;). 2 cents to the OT: According to order I bought two USB sticks for Terres Des Hommes today. One 4 GB stick does cost 6.99 €. Even a DVDRAM is less expensive, but not that easy to get, anyway, because most people don't use Linux, a DVDRAM shouldn't cause any issues. On Linux DVDRAM most of the times isn't fun. The only bad with usual CDs and DVDs is, that USB-sticks etc. require less space, OTOH e.g. here at Terres Des Hommes they've got gripsacks, rucksacks etc., so there won't be a difference between transporting an USB-stick or a DVDRAM, DVD-RW. Btw. yesterday I installed Edubuntu and started to add audio real-time to it on my machine. At the displacement camp they do have a "new" second hand PC and as usual, they wish to keep the already installed Windows, when I asked to install Linux. Fortunately the Windows at Tuesday did inform, that its needed to register it within the next 20 days ;D. Perhaps Edubuntu will get a chance there too. Some people won't eat anything they've never seen before. They simply know USB sticks, Windows and a lot of hype. USB sticks, CDs and DVDs will cause a lot of environmental load. I guess a DVDRAM won't waste that much resources and because it's much, much, much persistent it also will be less, less, less often become special waste. Cheers :) Ralf _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
