Re: Trick to burning a bootable Debian CD?
As far as I am aware, the fact that you can see the directory structure
tells me that you've burned the CD as a bootable image. When I accidentally
burned a non-bootable image, all I could see was one big .iso file. I wasn't
using Roxio, but Nero 6. You can get free versions off the web, but they may
expire after a time. Personally, I find it a nightmare to use when trying to
burn bootables. As you seem to have found with Roxio, it's too easy to do it
the wrong way.
If you do decide to use it, I think the following sequence worked-
Open Nero burning rom and from the 'new compilation' wizard, select 'CD-ROM
(Boot)'
On the 'boot' tab, select 'Image file' and browse for your .iso
In the 'files of type:' section of the browser, select 'all files' to allow
you to find the .iso image.
Also, I used a CD-RW on an XP box and it worked, at least disk 1 of Sarge
did, I'm having trouble with disk 2, but I think that's for different
reasons.
Lastly, when burning the CD, burn it at a slow speed. I'd recommend x8 or
lower.
Failing that, all I can suggest is trying a different CD-RW.
Rich.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Kleiser" <skleiser@sbcglobal.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: Trick to burning a bootable Debian CD?
> Burning the CD as an image using Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 on my WindowsXP
> machine results in a CD with a directory structure that looks like it
> should, from Explorer (it's comparable to my purchased CD, which does
boot).
> Presumably, the image also provided any required system files. But can I
> confirm that from within WindowsXP? Also, is it OK to use a CD-RW, or is
> there some subtle difference? Does the CD need to formatted first, or
would
> that just impress "non-Linux-ness" onto it?
>
> Are there any freeware utilities to burn an ISO image to CD (e.g.,
> iso2CD.exe or something) that run under Windows? The CD burning
applications
> appear to contain numerous features I don't need for this particular
> purpose, and which only serve as potential sources of error.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kent West" <westk@acu.edu>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 6:10 PM
> Subject: [debian] Re: [other] Re: Trick to burning a bootable Debian CD?
>
>
> > Steve Kleiser wrote:
> >
> > >So does that mean the official CD images are not bootable?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > No; they are bootable. But you have to burn them as an "image", not as
> > files. How to do that will depend on the burner software you're using.
> >
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