Re: How to burn .iso to cd?
From: Jeff Kramer (bademail_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/31/03
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:07:47 -0700
Bit Twister wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:42:33 -0700, Jeff Kramer wrote:
>
>>I've downloaded a redhat .iso file, but I can't figure out how to burn
>>the cd. I'm on Windows XP Home Edition. Help please?
>
>
> And what cd burning software are you wanting to use?
Anything that works. I was hoping my Windows XP system would have
something, but I could not find anything. Seems like there should be a
readily available program to do this. If you know of one, please let me
know. Thank you.
>
> --------------- standard iso problem include follows ---------
> Some or all may apply to you.
>
> *********************************************************************
> From: "Don Rieck" <don@BEGINNOWtheriecksSTOPNOW.com>
> Googling around today I found a post somewhere that suggested that some
> combinations of ABIT mobos and Creative CDRW's could cause problems in
> some situations. Sure enough - I disabled DMA on the CDRW's IDE channel,
> and successfully burned all three disks, at speeds of 1x, 4x, and 8x (kept
> notching it up, and it worked without a hitch).
> *********************************************************************
>
> Old burners have been known to have problems burning
> re-writables (CD-RW) hope you are using quality CD-Rs.
> You may have to use the 700 MB\80 Minute instead of 650 MB media.
> Old burners/software may have problems burning the 700+ iso images.
>
> Old cd readers may have problems reading the 700+ cds.
>
> Be sure that the you set your burner to what the blank
> cd write rating. Some people have problems burning CD-RWs below 3x.
> Verify your cd burner can burn a 700mb cd.
> You might want to check http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
> for your burner.
>
> Be sure bios has Plug and Play OS=no/off/false and
> Resources Allocation : Manual, if you cannot get AUTO to work.
> Disk drives are strapped Master/Slave not Cable select.
>
> Always compare the md5sum on a iso download with the site's copy
> before burning to verify you had a good download. There should have
> been a md5sum file in the same directory as the iso.
>
>
> md5sum --check md5sum_file_name_here
> or
> md5sum iso_name_here
> and compare the output of md5sum with the content's of the
> md5sum file.
>
> Micro$oft users could look here, in no particular order
> http://www.toast442.org/md5gui.shtml.
> http://www.md5summer.org or
> http://etree.org/md5com.html or
> http://www.google.com/search?q=md5sum%20dos
>
> Lots of people do not pick the correct options on their burning
> software and end up with an image file on the cd instead of the cd
> being an image of the file on the harddrive.
>
> http://www.e-smith.org/docs/howto/CD_burning_howto.php3
> http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/howtoburn.html
> http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#record-windows
>
> When you look on the burnt cd, the FIRST thing you should see are
> the directories and files.
> Mandrake example: names with / on the end are directories
>
> autorun.inf dosutils/ INSTALL.txt Mandrake/ tutorial/
> Boot/ images/ LICENSE-APPS.txt misc/ VERSION
> COPYING index.htm LICENSE.txt README.txt
> doc/ install.htm live_update* RPM-GPG-KEYS
>
>
> http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart
> under CheapBytes CDs (top left)
> contains linux x86 Install cds for ~2 each and up + shipping
>
> For people accross the pond, http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk
> and for down under fokes
> http://www.lankum.com
>
> Please read
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
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