[HLUG] Open Education Disk v 10.10

[Steve Horsfield]

Pete

The software on the DVD is open source software from Source Forge. The Image
comes out as 935/950 MB depending on how you like your arithmetic done (MB
or MiB), so it will not go on a CD.  As far  I know it all runs under both
Windows and Linux.

I think the reason it won't work under Linux is paths and permissions. Under
Windows there is no problem because it can run through an executable program
on the DVD, which overcomes any issues with paths. Under Linux it is
necessary to install a program on the host computer. My suspicion is that
the path /media/OED 2010-10 is what is giving me grief because I don't think
that is a valid path.


Steve



On 6 July 2011 10:42, Pete Linnell <info at lifespacedesign.co.uk> wrote:

> On 07/06/2011 10:32 AM, Steve Horsfield wrote:
>
>> I have downloaded an iso of the October 2010 latest Open Education disk
>> which I hold on a USB drive. The contents are listed
>> here<http://www.theopendisc.**com/education/<http://www.theopendisc.com/education/>
>> >
>>
>> .
>>
>> After several attempts on different machines to burn a DVD using the
>> Braserio burner in Ubuntu (sometimes I wonder why I bother) I cheated and
>> resorted to to a Windows XP laptop using Roxio software I had paid for.
>> The
>> resulting DVD works under Windows. It is readable in Ubuntu, so I
>> presumably
>> have a working image, but following  the installation instructions has
>> failed to secure a operating version under Ubuntu 10.10.
>>
>> Do we want copies of the DVD for September and do we have access to
>> copying
>> facilities?
>> Steve
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> Steve, could you confirm that the software on the disc is for windoze OS?
> and also what is the image size ?
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