Before I get started, I just want to preface the fact that I am relatively new to Linux.
I downloaded the 64bit OpenSuse 11.2 DVD iso last night (4.3 gb) and attempted to burn the image to a DVD-rom with brasero in Ubuntu 9.10. I tried twice with two different DVDs and both times the disc burned to 4.0gb before returning with an error saying the file is too big.
The same thing happens if I try to copy the .iso file to my 300gb external - even though I have more than 50gb free.
Has anyone else experienced similar issues? Does this mean that I have to redownload the image?
I burned the openSUSE-11.2 64-bit DVD with no such problems.
From where did you download the DVD ?
Prior to burning, did you run an md5sum check on the iso file, and compare that to the md5sum value on the Novell/SuSE-GmbH site? Are they the same? (they should be).
Google for ‘torrent verify’ (without quotes) and you should get some good
hits. Add in the name of your torrent software (vuze/azureus, ktorrent,
etc.) for results specific to your software.
Good luck.
slaol121 wrote:
> oldcpu;2075271 Wrote:
>> I burned the openSUSE-11.2 64-bit DVD with no such problems.
>>
>> From where did you download the DVD ?
>>
>> Prior to burning, did you run an md5sum check on the iso file, and
>> compare that to the md5sum value on the Novell/SuSE-GmbH site? Are they
>> the same? (they should be).
>
> I downloaded it via the torrent file on the softwnare.opensuse.org
> website.
>
> Unfortunately, I did not run such a check on the iso file - to be
> honest, I do not even know how to do this:shame:
>
> Is there a link on this site that details the process?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
>
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I forgot to mention, you can find out what the md5sum value is supposed to be by looking at this page: Software.openSUSE.org
Please pay attention to the comment above about the limitations of FAT16/32. If you downloaded the iso to a FAT16/32, it will for certain no longer be any good.
It might be the formatting issue with my hard disk mentioned earlier, though I am not sure. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1525 that came pre-installed with Windows Vista. I removed Vista almost two years ago and have been using various distros of Linux since. Currently, I am running Ubuntu 9.10 (full system install from the live cd). I’m not really sure how my drive is formatted, as I simply chose the default options when I ran the install.
DVD-RW’s have worked well for me; as do the Net Install on CD-RW’s. It’s a source of annoyance for me to use a CD-R for a one off process, just because somone wanted to cram a few more applications, that most CD users will never use onto them.
Use torrent, or verify your download with md5sum (k3b displays it when you burn ISO) and then use the verify option on burner & burn at a conservative speed unless you know your burner/disk combo is sound on auto. It has eliminated all the media issues for me.
To see how your disk is “formatted”, run the mount command which lists the currently mounted filesystems. You can relate those to partitions using “fdisk -l”.
If you have the good ISO and another computer, you could export the ISO with NFS, and boot your computer with the NetInstall CD image, which is small.
I am not sure if installing from the ISO directly from the disk works at the moment within the GUI. It can probably be got to work by an expert using command line.
I am using the “Burn Image: Burn and existing CD/DVD image to a disk” feature in Brasero.
I just now upgraded the kernel to Linux 2.6.31-15 to see if this would help, and nothing. I still can’t burn past 4gb - neither can I copy past 4gb to any external media.
I’m thinking that it must be Brasero’s compatibility with Ubuntu 9.10 - since I was able to burn DVD images larger than 4gb under Jaunty.
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000080
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 29164 234259798+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 29165 30401 9936202+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 29165 30401 9936171 82 Linux swap / Solaris