iso image is too large for DVD+R disk and errors out on USB

Richard Gaylord

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Apr 12, 2016, 10:58:33 AM4/12/16

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Hi,

I have downloaded the Qubes 3.1 iso to my Ubuntu laptop but have not been able to burn the image to either a DVD+R or a USB stick. Though the documentation on the Qubes website says the image is 4.64 GB in size the image saved on disk is 5.0GB and consequently does not fit onto my 4.7 GB DVD+R disk. When I try to copy the image to a blank 32GB USB stick I get an error to the effect of the file being too large.

I have 16GB of RAM on my machine so, I don't think I'm running out of RAM and approximately 40 GB of HDD available so I don't think its that either. Can someone tell me why the boot image is larger than a 4.7GB DVD or help me install this?

Thank you.

R

mb

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Apr 12, 2016, 11:53:59 AM4/12/16

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How are you copying the file? Are you using dd?

Richard Gaylord

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Apr 12, 2016, 12:16:21 PM4/12/16

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No, I am using Brasero and I have tried the Burn File GUI in Ubuntu. When I look at the downloaded file in the browser it reads 4.6 GB, when I select it from its folder, it reads 5.0GB. Any clue as to why Ubuntu is showing two separate sizes for the file?

Thanks Again.

Richard Gaylord

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Apr 12, 2016, 1:00:55 PM4/12/16

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I've reformatted one of my USB drives and installed the QubesR3.1 iso on it and it fit. However now when I boot from the USB, it says "Boot MGR missing. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL"

I suppose the ISO comes with it's own boot manager.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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mb

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Apr 12, 2016, 3:36:34 PM4/12/16

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One of the curent bugs is that the image is to large for a DVD.

How to copy the medium to the cd is on qubes web site:

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/installation-guide/#burning-the-iso-onto-a-dvd-or-usb-stick

Just follow those instructions.

raah...@gmail.com

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Apr 12, 2016, 3:46:17 PM4/12/16

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its over 5gb, like 5.2gb or something. you have to use an 8gb usb or double layer dvd.

Axon

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Apr 12, 2016, 8:42:21 PM4/12/16

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Richard Gaylord:

The 3.1 ISO is too large to fit on a single-layer DVD because it
includes multiple templates (see link below). Currently, you have to
use either a USB drive or a double-layer DVD (DVD DL).

This is mentioned as a known issue in the release notes:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/releases/3.1/release-notes/

It is also being tracked here (includes details on why the image is so
large):
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1568
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