On 11/21/2011 02:15 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs> wrote: >> Vreme: 11/21/2011 08:13 PM, Beartooth piše: >>> >>> I've been being told, over and over, by K3B, Brasero, and >>> Isomaster, on two machines, with three different downloads of 6.0, that >>> the file is too large for the medium. Nautilus and the browser that die >>> each download all say it's 4.4 GB; I've tried with two +R and an RW DVD, >>> all of which are labelled 4.7 GB Two of the files are 32-bit, and one is >>> 64 >>> >>> What is going wrong?? >> >> You are not supposed to burn FILES on the DVD, you now that right? You >> are supposed to use "Burn DVD ISO Image" in K3B or similar in other >> burner apps. >> >> 32-bit version needs DVD-R, not DVD+R medium. >> >> Ljubomir Ljubojevic > > > Given that at least one of the mentioned utilities, Isomaster, is > expressly created for the purpose of burning ISO images, I'd say the > first comment is uncalled for. > > The release notes state: > The i386 DVD is just a bit too large to fit on normal single > layer DVD+R media. It can be burnt successfully on DVD-R > or dual-layer media. > > Making images that are this close to capacity should be seen as a > mistake and hopefully the same will not be made with the 6.1 release. > It is extremely easy to predict that this will cause problems for > people, so why invite such issues with something as simple as ISO > burning? We did it because we are assholes of course. Do you not think we KNOW it is too close and wish it was not released this way? Thanks for your input. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20111121/c8c0e6ff/attachment-0004.sig>