Re: iso images etc

[Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com>]

john gennard <joney@clara.co.uk> writes:

> The real problem is that I cannot 'visualise' what has to be done
> to make an .iso image bootable.

It's simple the ".iso" file has to be burned directly onto CD as a
series of ones and zeros. Then you end up with a standard Debian CD
with all the files in place to boot off of.

If you don't you end up with a cd with one single huge iso file on it.

It's like creating a boot floppy from a floppy image. You use rawrite
or dd to copy it "raw" to the floppy. You don't just copy it onto the
floppy.

Hope that helps,
Bijan