help installing ubuntu

[double-edge]

i just noticed there isnt a thread for kubuntu i guess ubuntu is close i downloaded the iso and its too big for a cd so can i ask how to install the iso from the hard drive as in create a dual boot partition any ideas

[rcgreen]

its too big for a cd

What is the size of that file?

[fmw]

I think you will need to burn the iso file onto a DVD-R. CD is too small.

[D-cat]

I have rcgreen's Q. The Kubuntu desktop image is 699MB, which will fit on a standard 700 MB CD-R. There is a DVD image available which is 3.6GB, don't know what's on it, never D/l'd it.

If you have the regular desktop iso, then you should be able to just burn it to a CD. Are you using the "burn as image", or are you trying to burn it as a file on a CD (that will fail, you must burn it as an image). Different burners do this different ways, like Roxio is File -> Record CD from Image. There's also some free burn softwares made for only the task of burning images (like burnatonce).

[double-edge]

ok thanx its weird though i can fit windows xp on cd but not kubuntu ill try the dvd -r idea

[D-cat]

If your image isn't just under 700MB or 3.6 GB (if it is the DVD image, which will say dvd in its name), then run a MD5 sum check on it first... you might have a bogus or corrupt image.