Kubuntu ISO too big for cd

One dvd burner software is looking for Movie copying, the other says
Download is an invalid file system.
Nero will not do dvd's, nor will Windows Media player. I have
xpProfessional edition. SP3.

If I download it to the hard drive, in the target machine, can it be
activated to replace its operating system ( from within the system ) I know
Windows could do that, start an installation from an earlier version.

Jan

Re: [Question #211286]:

michael posted a new comment:
Have you tried a DVD? My Ubuntu 12.04 took 734MB.

Jan's response:
DVD burning software says Download is an invalid file system.
  I have xpProfessional edition. SP3, no built-in dvd burning.

If I download it to the hard drive, in the target machine, can it be
activated to replace its operating system ( from within the system ) I know
Windows could do that, start an installation from an earlier version.

Jan

Did you MD5 test the ISO?

Where are you downloading from?

Take a look here:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/12.04/release/

If the reported file sizes are to be believed all the images are less than 700MB which is a standard disk size.

If this is not the case then it should be reported as bug.

Note: you can get 800MB CDs though these are less common and more expensive.

This is a known problem, see https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/207599 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/kubuntu-meta/+bug/1050726

By the way, a "700MB" CD can store 703.125 MiB, but the kubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso 703.293 MiB - slightly oversized.

For the time being the only solutions are:
1. find a "800 MB" CD to burn the .iso file on
2. use a DVD to burn the .iso file on
3. create an usb stick to boot from it (not feasible for you as you say)
4. if you want to do an update of an existing Ubuntu system you can copy the .iso file to the system and loop mount it
5. use the older 12.04 version from http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/releases/precise/release/
6. wait for 12.04.2 which hopefully is smaller again (expected 2013-01-31)

Or could use the minimal ISO and install kubuntu-desktop onto it. Bit of a hack but should work.

Hello,

I successfully downloaded the older, smaller 12.04, but the cd still will
self-install.
Moreover, I downloaded a live cd of gParted, and a live boot disk of Parted
Magic iso. Neither one will boot--grub starts each time, no matter the bios
settings of boot sequence! I even changed the hard disk from Master to
Cable Select, with the cd drive as boot sequence #1---- no difference. Very
odd, since I installed the first Ubuntu 6.x from that very drive, years ago.

I read the only way to uninstall Linix is through a live cd, but if the
existing operating system prevents a "boot disk" from starting, what is
there left to do? One thought is install another hard drive, set it as
Master, install a new version and use the original drive for storage only.
Seems rash.

Jan

I think that this is the BIOS problem. BIOS starts GRUB so you must experiment with BIOS settings.
Default config of many BIOSes is to start from start from CD. Try to reset your BIOS