Burning SuSe 9.3 from CD ISO

[Handruin]

I've downloaded all the SuSe 9.3 CD ISO from opensuse.org, but CD #1 and CD#3 are over 700MB. I don't have any CD-R's with a capacity over 700MB (about 712MB)...has anyone else had this problem?

I tried enabling the over-burn feature in nero, but it won't burn. It continues to kick the CD-R from the drive stating the space is too small.

I'd love to use DVD, but SuSe 9.3 DVD says "eval" in the title... Is there any other way for me to get this on a CD? Am I missing the obvious, or is it required for me to buy larger capacity CD-R's?

 

[Mercutio]

I install it from DVD, myself. Less fuss all around.

 

[Groltz]

Make sure you jack up the maximum overburn size in Nero.

Then burn it at 4X. That's your best chance; the media you use determines whether you succeed.

 

[Handruin]

I install it from DVD, myself. Less fuss all around.

Is the eval DVD the full thing? I'd much rather use that, but I didn't think it was a full working copy.

Groltz, I'll try bumping it up, but my version of nero looks a little different from yours (I'm using 5.5.10.50).

 

[Handruin]

Damn, must be my version of Nero. I bumped it up to 98 minutes as you suggested, but it still won't even try to burn the ISO. Let me try a newer version of nero to see if that will work.

 

[Mercutio]

Don't suppose you're using 650MB discs?

And did the MD5 check out for your ISO files?

 

[Handruin]

700MB memorex 52x discs, and MD5 checked out perfect. I just uninstalled nero 5.5, and installed 6.6.

I enabled the overburn and the disc has started the burn at 4x unlike in nero 5.5. I'll post back if the disc verifies after the burn. Now it's up to my media.

 

[Handruin]

worked perfect. Disc verified fine after the burn. It took 20 minutes, but it solved my issue. Now I can have some fun with SuSe 9.3 on my dell. Thanks for the help!

 

[Handruin]

What file system type do you normally use with SuSe 9.3? I took the default of ReiserFS since I know no difference at this point. Usually I use ext2/ext3 with redhat (fedora). I read a bit about it on wikipedia, and I think I'll be fine. What's everyone else's opinion? If it matters, I use this box as a 1-3 client samba server and very basic internet browsing.

 

[Mercutio]

Ext3 is a little easier to recover if there's a problem. Reiser is faster. I'd say it's a push.

 

[sechs]

I've warmed up to Reiser, but if you're familiar with ext3, you might want to stick with that.

 

[Handruin]

I'm only familiar in the sense that I've used it with other distributions, nothing more. I don't know any special traits/tricks/optimizations about either type. I kept the default ReiserFS and I see no difference as of now. SuSe9.3 is working well so far.