Re: making a DVD bootable
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:53:06 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:23:48 +0000, richard wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> With this media? :-?
>
> > 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.
>
> I don't know what you mean here by "bootable". If the disc was not
> finalized your DVD reader can experience difficulties for accessing
> it, although the data on it is indeed bootable.
>
> Greetings,
>
Ummmmm, well it doesn't boot, thats the the problem, doesn't something
have to be written to tracks on the DVD to make it bootable the same
as the data in the MBR on a hard drive ?
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Richard Bown
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