(solved) LiveCD 2008.0 for amd64 > 702MB - too large

apryan · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 124

So it appears that the LiveCD 2008 no longer fits on a normal CD-R (from 2006) which were typically >702MB in capacity. The AMD64 LiveCD is 708MB in size and will not fit on our CD-R's. So now we have to go buy new blank discs just to get a live cd. yay

Has anyone else been seeing a problem with this and is there a way we can reduce it to just fit on a normal 700MB disc?

drwook · Veteran Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 1324 Location: London

if it's an official image I'd be inclined to open a bug and see what happens....

if not, or if you just want it to work, I'd be amazed if you couldn't overburn 708MB onto a 700MB disc...

Keruskerfuerst · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:49 am Post subject:

You can burn that image to a DVD media.

zyko · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:47 am Post subject:

I burned it yesterday ("wodim dev=/dev/sr0 -vv -overburn livecd-amd64-installer-2008.0.iso"). After 702Mb it gives the expected error message. However, I tried to boot the live CD anyway and it worked. I didn't test a lot of the CD's functionality since I don't want to actually install Gentoo, but everything I tried did work flawlessly.

mindwarp · n00b Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 22 Location: Detroit, MI

If x86 can be burned to a normal CD, why is it ok for AMD64 to not be burned to a regular cd? That is a bug, not a "burn to dvd" solution.
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frostschutz · Advocate Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 2977 Location: Germany

Asking for 700MB is already a bit of a stretch in my opinion.

Just kick the installer out, then there's enough room for things that are actually important.

yngwin · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject:

rumburak · n00b Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 5