Re: making a DVD bootable
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:54:28 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:07:54 +0000, richard wrote:
>
> > I have a DVD thats been sent to me that should be bootable, but
> > isnt, it is appendable, how do I make it bootable, I thought maybe
> > make an image of the files on the DVD, but not sure hw to
>
> "Appendable"? You mean the disc was not finalized? :-?
>
> What kind of information/data contains that DVD? Is it commercial
> media, a linux distribution...? Is it +/-RW?
>
> I've never had any success when closing optical media that was burned
> from different sources but if the contained data is really bootable
> you should be able to create an ISO image from that DVD and proceed
> with a usual burning session in a new DVD media.
>
> Greetings,
>
That was from media info in K3B:-
Type: DVD-R Sequential
Media ID: MBI 01RG40
Capacity: 510:38:38 min (4.4 GiB)
Used Capacity: 434:42:42 min (3.7 GiB)
Remaining: 75:55:71 min (667.4 MiB)
Rewritable: no
Appendable: yes
Empty: no
Layers: 1
Sessions: 1
Supported writing speeds: 3.0x (4155 KB/s)
4.0x (5540 KB/s)
6.0x (8310 KB/s)
8.0x (11080 KB/s)
I'm trying to fix a screwed up partition on the laptop The DVD has a
copy of something like coca-cola companies lemonade on it but the
person who copied it did not make it bootable.
Not that I use it just I like anything on a machine to work.
not too cryptic I hope.
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Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown
e-mail: richard@g8jvm.com or richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk
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