9.10 won't fit on CD

[highcountryrider]

I downloaded the .iso Desktop file for Xubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) for PowerPC. It's 757MB and Disk Utility says it's too big to fit on a CD-R. My Sony blanks are marked 700MB.

What an I missing? Do I need different CD-R blanks? I could probably burn to DVD, but that will limit the systems I could install on.

[presence1960]

I downloaded the .iso Desktop file for Xubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) for PowerPC. It's 757MB and Disk Utility says it's too big to fit on a CD-R. My Sony blanks are marked 700MB.

What an I missing? Do I need different CD-R blanks? I could probably burn to DVD, but that will limit the systems I could install on.

you may need to use a dvd-r

[AmrH]

Or you can install from a USB flash memory.

[pirateghost]

it sounds like you are trying to burn it as a data disk and not burn the image properly. the iso should fit just fine on a cd

[avtolle]

Yes, the PowerPC iso for the Desktop CD is too large. Depending on what you want to do, installing a cli version from the alternate install iso for Ubuntu 9.10 PPC version and then adding your desired desktop/window manager from the command line is very doable. Depending on which Mac you have, installation from a USB drive can be done, but it can be troublesome.

You should go to the Apple Users forum http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=328 for more precise assistance. Good luck.

[highcountryrider]

Thanks for the replies.

I got busy and was unable to get back right away. I think I will give the UBS drive a shot and check the apple forum.

[DPic]

Yes, the PowerPC iso for the Desktop CD is too large. Depending on what you want to do, installing a cli version from the alternate install iso for Ubuntu 9.10 PPC version and then adding your desired desktop/window manager from the command line is very doable. Depending on which Mac you have, installation from a USB drive can be done, but it can be troublesome.

You should go to the Apple Users forum http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=328 for more precise assistance. Good luck.

Even the alternate install disk is a few MB too big =[

The mac i have doesn't install from USB or read DVD's...

[stg]

none of the newer releases fit...weak, fail, wtf

[albesan]

How can the liveCDs be made so that they don't fit on a CD???

I have the same problem, xubuntu 10.04 (ppc), not the liveCD nor the alternative install cd fit on a blank CD.

The machine I'm trying to rvive does not boot from USB and has no DVD drive.

??

[albesan]

For any one finding this thread looking for a solution, I found this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1333829

It allowed me to burn the oversized disc image.