Rob Bogus wrote:
any suggestions on how to make sure I'm creating a bootable image - the providers claim they are (I've now downloaded three different ISO images that purport to be bootable - a SUSE LiveDCD, an xploraknoppix LiveDVD, and a Solaris LiveDVD)Miles Fidelman wrote:Hi Folks, I have a debian box and a Lite-On SHM-165PS cd/dvd drive.I'm having a devil of a time burning bootable DVDs - they seem to burn, be readable, but when I try to boot, the system crunches a bit, the drive lite flashes, then boots from the hard drive. (It boots from CDs just fine.)It looks like the default software (Nautilus and whatever is behind that) sets the book-type to DVD-ROM, and from what I gather by googling a bit, that might be my problem - and that I'd have better luck if it was setting book-type to DVD+R. The other suggestion I've received is to update the firmware on my drive.So... a few questions: - is that likely diagnosis?I like the firmware better, but it depends on your method of *creating* the ISO images. non-bootable images are a more common problem than book type.
I've tried burning with the default software included in Debian Etch (Nautilus file manager, right click).
I also just installed k3b and burned the SUSE LiveDVD again. Same failure to boot. Also looks like it burned as book-type DVD-ROM.
K3b, and whatever's behind it, seem smart enough to recognize that my drive can write DVD+R, but I can't quite figure out if there are config options I should be setting to: - make the image bootable (e.g, do I need to set any of the el torito related parameters?)
- set the book type Thanks again, Miles