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Re: changing book-type on dvd burn?



Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:

> > 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.
> 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)

First try to write a (checked) bootable CD image to a DVD.

If this succeeds, then either the other images are defective or
the boot prom has problems with booting from higher block addresses
and the image was created with the wrong options.

Jörg

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