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slackware 8.1 ISO > 650 MB?

Kars Alfrink

2002-07-25, 3:25 am

Downloaded the Intel ISO the other day, and Nero won't burn it to a regular
CDR. It's larger than 650 MB, do I really have to go out and buy those
bigger CDR's, which I don't like, or is there a smaller ISO available. I
don't need any Gnome or KDE stuff, so this must be possible! Anyone?

Greetz,

Kars Alfrink [kars@leapfrog.nl]

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If we only defend, we lose the war."
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Joe Fredrickson

2002-07-25, 7:26 am

Where i come from 700M CDR is the standard.

Just download the files you need from the slack ftp server and then make
them into an
ISO if you wish, either
A) Using mkisofs; or
B) Using Windows WinImage....
Note: I doubt that the CD will be bootable if u do this

"Kars Alfrink" <kars@leapfrog.nl> wrote in message
news:ahoeh7$gg1$1@news1.xs4all.nl...
> Downloaded the Intel ISO the other day, and Nero won't burn it to a
regular
> CDR. It's larger than 650 MB, do I really have to go out and buy those
> bigger CDR's, which I don't like, or is there a smaller ISO available. I
> don't need any Gnome or KDE stuff, so this must be possible! Anyone?
>
> Greetz,
>
> Kars Alfrink [kars@leapfrog.nl]
>
> Mobile :: +31 (0) 6 11363432
> MSN :: kars@mindless.com
> ICQ :: 135562542
>
> Ik _zat_ in Costa Rica... :: http://costarica.hku.nl
>
> "A good fort needs a gap. The enemy must be lured in. So we can attack
them.
> If we only defend, we lose the war."
> - Seven Samurai (1954)
>
>

Craig Hennessey

2002-07-25, 10:25 am

>===== Original Message From psherwinXnospamplz@stra
yduck.com (Paul Sherwin)
=====

>Yes, you can't easily buy 650MB CDs around here either. I've never had
>any problems with CD-ROM drives, though some audio players have
>trouble with the last few minutes of an 80 minute CD.

I only ever purchase 80 minute disks, sometimes they are cheaper than the
standard 74 minute disks.

C.D.Hennessey@ncl.ac.uk
http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/c.d.hennessey/

# Random comment...

Chisel Wright

2002-07-26, 10:25 am

In article <ahoeh7$gg1$1@news1.xs4all.nl>, Kars Alfrink wrote:
>Downloaded the Intel ISO the other day, and Nero won't burn it to a regular
>CDR. It's larger than 650 MB, do I really have to go out and buy those
>bigger CDR's, which I don't like, or is there a smaller ISO available. I
>don't need any Gnome or KDE stuff, so this must be possible! Anyone?

I think you'll find that's because you downloaded the 'unnofficial' ISO.
The 'official' one left off less important/less used packages so that it
would still fit on a 650Mb CD.
[I think some boot/root disks were omitted from the 'official' ISO]

ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk
/sites/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1-iso/README.TXT

Chisel

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