I am not familiar with Windows CD burning software, but there should be an option for you to Open an ISO file. Sometimes it is called Open a disc Image, or something similar. What you have done is, instead of burning the iso as a raw data, making a CD of the iso.
You want to think of the iso as a CD in itself, and essentially you are trying to copy the information from the "cd" onto a real CD. To answer your other question: A distro is short for distribution. Linux itself is only the kernel, it lets you turn on the computer and pretty much that's it. All the fancy programs like OpenOffice, Xorg, America's Army and all the less fancy programs like gcc and perl run on top of the kernel. Those programs are what makes your computer usable. A distro is a collection of programs, along with a selection of kernels that a group of people put together. People prefer running a distribution rather than installing everything from source manually because the time it saves and the mess it prevents. Also distros mean community and support. Now, Gentoo is sort of a DYI distro. Some familiarity with the inner workings of a computer, and some familiarity with the over-all unix-style operating systems are assumed, especially during the installation. It is a learning experience, and it can be a very overwhelming learning experience. Therefore, while I highly recommend Gentoo in general, I would say that Gentoo is not for beginners. hope that helps. W On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 04:15:59PM +1000, Nanayakkara, Pubudu wrote: > This may be the issue, > > I only have one iso file.. > "install-amd64-universal-2005.0.iso" > > Gentoo installation guide doesn't say that I need to have more than one > file. So, I downloaded only the ISO file. > > Cheers, > Pubudu. > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- * Address: 45 Spelman Hall, Princeton University 08544 * * Phone: x68958 AIM: AngularJerk * * E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: sep.dynalias.net * ---------------------------------------------------------------- "You should be excited by this, because it is an equation you can solve." ~DeathMech, S. Sondhi. P-town PHY 205 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 8 days, 16:42 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
