The burned CD-RW will not boot, even though it looks very much the same as a purchased CD-R which does. So the .iso file was successfully translated into a (an apparently good) file system, which doesn't boot. I've tried both track at once, and disk at once, but have lost track of the various combinations of features and options tested. In fact, I think some of the Debian how-tos related to disk burning advice using only track at once. Are you sure disk at once is more trouble free? I've been using the freebie version of Roxio that was bundled w/ my PC. (EZ CD Creator 5 Basic. I'm on a very tight budget).
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian helping" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 2:18 AM Subject: [debian] Re: Trick to burning a bootable Debian CD? > Are you just looking for a way to check that the disc is 100% correct, > or are you actually having problems booting off the burned disc? If it > is the latter, you most likely burned it as track-at-once rather than > disc-at-once. Which CD burning program are you using? > > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:26:40 -0500, Steve Kleiser > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The machine boots just fine using a purchased Debian CD in the same drive. > > The burned (and newer) CD "looks" the same using a windows machine, but I'd > > like to dig a little deeper. I thought the resulting filesystem might not > > start at the right sector, and some utilities might be available for use on > > a Windows machine, such as the way FIPS will examine a hard drive. > > . > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tony Godshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Steve Kleiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 1:23 PM > > Subject: [debian] Re: Trick to burning a bootable Debian CD? > > > > > Actually, there's > > > > > > According to Steve Kleiser, > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > What freeware utilities are available that could be used to check the > > boot sector/MBR of a Debian boot CD using a Windows machine? > > > > > > This is probably the wrong place to ask about DOS/Windows > > > utils, but you could do this: > > > > > > 1. get a lnx-bbc or knoppix or morphix or other > > > run-linux-live-from-CD. knoppix and morphix at least are > > > actually Debian. > > > > > > 2. boot in live run-from-cd environment ;-) Poke around > > > with the usual Linux tools. > > > > > > There is a 1.44MB BIOS/DOS-format floppy image on the CD- there is not > > > "boot sector" kind of thing on a CD outside of that. > > > > > > > After burning the CD the directory structure looks the way it should, > > but I'd like to verify the correct location and content (maybe via a > > checksum?) of the boot sector. Only Windows machines are presently available > > to me. > > > > > > Perhaps the real problem is elsewhere. Is the target an old > > > machine? Many of those can't read CD's written at higher > > > speeds- try writing at 4X or less. Is the target machine's > > > BIOS set to boot off CD? If not you won't get it to boot > > > off any CD, Debian or not. > > > > > > -- Tony Godshall > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
