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Re: [PLUG] Tisk tisk... newbie mistakes
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Did you burn the image file to cd?
In other word when you do a dir listing on the cd is there just one big
file? (ex redhat-7.1-xxx.iso)
If this is the case you need to burn the "unpack" th iso file with a cd
burning utility that reads iso files.
In the Windows world I have used Adaptec Easy Cd Creator to burn the
image
In the linux world you need a program like cdrecord
The syntax for burning it in linux would be something like this
As root at the command line:
cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=4 /home/jwelsh/cdimages/Redhat7.1-disk1.iso
then you would get a bootable cd
Please note this works on my system, you need to put the parameter in
for your system
If you do a cdrecord --scanbus (as root) it will give you the dev entry
for your cd burner.
speed entry is simply the speed you wish to write.
last entry is just the location of the file you wish to burn.
Good luck
Joe Welsh
On 02 Jul 2001 10:40:44 -0400, drexeldg@home.com wrote:
> Hi list!
> I recently downloaded some ISO images of RH 7.1. I am
> having some probelms getting them to work however.... when I put
> the image directly to disk the CD-ROM is not bootable. So when I
> use a boot image provided from the same FTP site for the disk, the
> CD-ROM will boot BUT it does not see the ISO image on the very
> same disk. HRM I say.... Should I download each RPM package?
> That would not be fun, as I would have to click on each one to
> download. Or should I try a boot floppy then use the disc?
>
> OR
>
> Is the ISO some kinda huge TAR file that I need to untar before I
> can put it onto disc and get it work properly? I did put linux on a
> laptop with NO CD-ROM.. what I did was download all the revelent
> files to a unused partition of the windows harddrive, then I used a
> floppy and told it I had the files locally and not on a disc. That
> worked.. but I cant seem to remember if when I did that I
> downloaded the RPMs or the ISO.
>
> And... please dont suggest me doing a "over the net" install. I tried
> that one for a LONG time, I can never seem to get through to the
> FTP site.
>
> Thanks all
>
> Anthony
>
>
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