Re: Problem installing Fedora 3 :(

From: Markku Kolkka (markku.kolkka_at_iki.fi)
Date: 05/03/05

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    Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 14:02:44 +0300

    Scott Speck wrote:
    > I'm having the same problem -- I have now "burned through" about
    > thirty blank CD-R disks, trying every Nero and Roxio option that I can
    > try, and,
    > when I'm done, all I see is ONE BIG ISO file sitting on the CD-R.
    > Should I
    > see an entire directory tree of files on the CD-ROM?

    Yes. See http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/howtoburn.html

    > Is the .iso file
    > basically just a big zip file?

    No, it's a bit-by-bit image of the CD track.

    > It might have worked better if the
    > Linux
    > download was a huge ZIP file.

    You can't distribute a bootable CD that way. The boot information is
    stored outside of the file hierarchy, so an image file is required. 

    -- 
        Markku Kolkka
        markku.kolkka@iki.fi
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