Ok, so I created an install CD and installed 11.2, but I’d like to take advantage of all the goodness the 4.2GB install DVD iso has to offer and re-install… but for some reason, I cannot create it (well, at least one that works). I’ve even tried an 8GB thumb drive using UNetbootin and still nothing.
I’ve used K3B and Brasero on the laptop I intend to install to burn the CD and DVD (on a low setting), so I know they’re not the problem. I checked the md5sum, and it’s good, so I know it’s not that. I’ve booted with other Live CDs/DVDs and thumb drives, so I know they’re good and the BIOS settings are correct. Again, the problem seems to point to the DVD iso, as I’ve used the CD iso without a problem.
So, two questions:
Is there something I’m not aware of about the DVD iso?
Should I leave the installation I used with the CD as is, but use the DVD’s info to upgrade it?
I transfered the DVD iso from my laptop to the desktop (running Ubuntu 8.04), burnt the iso to a new DVD using K3B, popped it in the laptop, and voila! It worked!! The only thing I did different was that on the laptop I burnt the iso at 2.4 speed, whilst on the desktop I used 4.0 speed.
I’m not sure what motivated me, but I know I wasn’t happy about downloading a 4.2GB file that up to that point was useless… I had to try something!
So anyways, I now have 11.2 happily running on my HP dv6500 laptop (i586, KDE)… now, onto those multimedia codecs!