hallam
February 25th, 2009, 08:11 PM
I have been trying to install ubuntu on an older machine that only has a CD-Rom drive. The firmware does not seem to support boot from a USB DVD drive.
Burning a 697Gb CDRom is problematic as the design capacity of CDRom is 650Gb. Apple refuses to do this and Windows has a patchy success rate.
My attempt to install the linixCNC distribution is currently hung up at 'checking file system'. So I try to install a standard distribution and that will not fit on the CD.
Suggestion - either cut the distribution down so that it does fit on a CD or tell people that they need a DVD reader to install.
Burning a 697Gb CDRom is problematic as the design capacity of CDRom is 650Gb. Apple refuses to do this and Windows has a patchy success rate.
My attempt to install the linixCNC distribution is currently hung up at 'checking file system'. So I try to install a standard distribution and that will not fit on the CD.
Suggestion - either cut the distribution down so that it does fit on a CD or tell people that they need a DVD reader to install.