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Title: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: fearingsept on September 27, 2007, 04:49:48 pm
Just wondering if there is any major difference in the end result when using the Live DVD vs the 2 CD's. Is there any benefit or drawback to using one or the other?
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: Zaerc on September 27, 2007, 05:04:32 pm
In short: the DVD is usually a lot quicker but uses up the whole drive, the CDs give you more control like partitioning the drive and creating an initial Kubuntu user other then "linuxmce".
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: balyho0o on September 27, 2007, 06:42:42 pm
I tried several times to install using the CD's but with no luck. :'( I kept running into errors of missing libraries as well as other issues. I finally got wise and tried the DVD approach which worked out well. Installed on the first try. So if you have the option, go for the DVD approach.
Title: my experiance has been opposite
Post by: elboy0712 on September 27, 2007, 07:41:23 pm
DVD would not configure my network connection and a couple of little details ... but cds worked well .... seems to be dependent on your set up .... try one if it doesnt work try the other
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: eloy on September 30, 2007, 03:39:02 pm
DVD install assumed that I wanted to have a hybrid on the machine I was installing. With the CD install I was asked whether I wanted to use the machine as the core only or as a hybrid.

To me it seems like the DVD install is for a plug and play installation with minimum hassle. The CD installation may be a bit more tedious but gives you more control over the install process.
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: DeadPenguin on September 30, 2007, 06:44:41 pm
I really like the DVD install. As stated above it is a lot faster. I wish there was a way to choose Core or core/hybrid. I also wish it gave you some say in the network setup. The cd install gives more control it just takes a LONG time.(for me at least it did)

Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: mbgm8ndb on September 30, 2007, 07:19:13 pm
I think the install DVD is better, much much faster.
Mbgm8
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: Zaerc on September 30, 2007, 09:37:36 pm
I tried several times to install using the CD's but with no luck. :'( I kept running into errors of missing libraries as well as other issues. I finally got wise and tried the DVD approach which worked out well. Installed on the first try. So if you have the option, go for the DVD approach.
That is usually caused by not properly folowing the instructions and mixing incompatible versions of (K)Ubuntu and LMCE.
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: balyho0o on October 02, 2007, 01:52:50 am
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That is usually caused by not properly folowing the instructions and mixing incompatible versions of (K)Ubuntu and LMCE.
I did closely follow the instructions but it is entirely possible that I missed something. I started with a fresh install of kubuntu as to avoid any conflicts as per the documentation. The install bitched about something different on each attempt and just died. Leaving me to start over with a fresh install of kubuntu and begin again.

Just adding my experience to the discussion.
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: Zaerc on October 02, 2007, 03:16:53 am
I did closely follow the instructions but it is entirely possible that I missed something. I started with a fresh install of kubuntu as to avoid any conflicts as per the documentation. The install bitched about something different on each attempt and just died. Leaving me to start over with a fresh install of kubuntu and begin again.

Just adding my experience to the discussion.
Maybe the install DVD is more suitable for you, btw. did you check the MD5sums on the ISOs?
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: balyho0o on October 02, 2007, 10:29:07 am
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did you check the MD5sums on the ISOs
I did. Admittedly not until the second go around but yes I did.
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: marv2097 on October 02, 2007, 04:58:37 pm
I tried a few times with the DVD but could not get it to work. It installed kububtu, then wouldnt reboot properly. It seems its a known issue with certain hardware.

I then opted for the using a kubuntu disk and then the 2 LMCE CDs which worked perfectly.
Title: Re: What is better Live DVD or the 2 CD's?
Post by: DeadPenguin on October 03, 2007, 07:18:49 am
I had a bad burn the first time I tried the dvd. (took me a damn long time to figure out.) :-[