[ThaBrudda]

Hi,

I am trying to burn the freespire iso so I can boot it and check it out. I have been successful in burning it, but there is a problem - instead of having just the iso on the disk, it is burning this way

Documents and
Settings>ThaBrudda>Desktop>2.0.0_full-feisty_skipjack-feisty_20070807-1233.iso

I cannot get this to boot when I put it in the cd drive and restart the computer. I suspect the problem is having all those extra folders on the cd, instead of just the iso as the top file.

I burned it using CD Burner XP Pro 3, Easy ISO, and Silent Night Micro Burner 4.1.2 and keep getting the same results.

I am running WinXP SP2 on a HP Pavilion.

I also am using a Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 6000 v. 2.0 and Wireless Mouse. Will this be a problem also?

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

ThaBrudda

[arochester]

Have you checked the Bios for the boot order? It should boot CD-Rom first and not hard drive.

[lotuseclat79]

The ISO file is on your desktop - why does it have the full pathname when the file gets burned???

You should be located in the Desktop directory when you launch the CD Burning program you are using.

I assume you are launching the CD burning program from the graphical interface.

Have you ever successfully burned a CD with your CD burning program. Is there a user guide for using the CD burning program and are you following the directions to a T?

-- Tom

[ThaBrudda]

arochester, I will check the boot order and try that.

Tom, I have successfully burned Unbuntu and Freespire before on this machine for a friend, and had no problems. I even tested them on this machine back then. Not sure what is wrong at this stage. It shows up in the burn programs with the file designations listed above, and there is no way to change it.


ThaBrudda

[walla299]

You said you have sucessfully burned bootable cds from .iso files before.

I still have to ask, though.

Are you using the option to "burn image", etc in what ever program you use?

If so, its possible that the .iso file got corrupted somehow and you may have to download it again.

[lotuseclat79]

Whenever you download a large file like a Linux release ISO file to burn to CD, check to see if there is an associated MD5 file for it, and download that as well - it is a very small file. Then after the ISO download is complete do an md5sum check against the downloaded file to determine if the download was not corrupted.

If there is no associated MD5 file for the ISO download file - that is an oversight by the creators of the download file - a good reason to get downloads such as this from an official download website, although if there is one present it also usually occurs on official mirror websites.

-- Tom

P.S. walla299 is correct to ask if you used the "burn image" option as an ISO file needs to be burned as an image.

[Stone*]

Hi guys, here's how to burn an iso well and quickly :

I found a tiny soft - burnatonce. Simply load the iso file, pop a blank disk into your burner, and start the job. It's the easiest way i found to do this stuff, and also, the most efficient and fast.

[lotuseclat79]

Here is the command line terminal window method (fallback way) to do a CD burn from Linux:

1) Create a subdirectory and put the files you want into it. This example uses text files, but you can put any file type into the directory.
2) Figure out the (bus, target, lun) of your cdrom, as root execute the command:
# cdrecord -scanbus
or
# cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI
if the first one without the dev=ATAPI does not give you any output for your CD drive, use the second version with the dev=ATAPI

3) From the parent directory to the one with the files in it, make an iso file system file that will be raw burned to the CD:
# mkisofs -r -v -J -l -o ./textfiles.iso ./textfiles
Obviously, I used the command: mkdir textfiles to create the subdirectory, and then I moved the text files I wanted to save into it.
4) With the (bus, target, lun) id of your CD drive [the lun is the logical unit no.] then issue the following cdrecord command as follows:
# cdrecord -eject -v speed=4 dev=ATAPI:x,y,z ./textfiles.iso
where x,y,z is the (bus, target, lun) output from the cdrecord -scanbus command.

Ooops, you need to put a CD into the CD drive for this to work before you issue the previous cdrecord command to burn the iso image to the CD. You know that!

You can also delete any files on the CD with the following command:
# cdrecord -eject -v speed=4 -blank=all dev=ATAPI:x,y,z

-- Tom