Did you burn the ISO image file to the CD directly (i.e. if you look at the
CD's contents you see only the ISO file) or did you actually extract the ISO
and burn it as an image? You are supposed to do the latter, and most CD
recording programmes (mkisofs/cdrecord, Nero, Adaptec Easy CD Creator) are
made to handle this.
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:08, Dennis Myers wrote:
> I have downloaded the 7.2 ISO disks ( took about 24 hours total) and now
> I'm like the
>
> proverbial car chasing dog, I've caught em, but now I don't know what to do
> with em.
>
> The install disk does not appear to be bootable. I burned it as a iso9660
> file rather
>
> than the Joliet system. It shows up ok as an executable on the cdrom but it
> is not
>
> a self starter. Should I use my 7.1 boot disk to start it or do I have to
> make a new
>
> boot disk somehow? Can't find anything in the archives or in the other
> help sites
>
> that tells me. Somebody point me in the right direction, please, thankyou,
>
> --
> Dennis M. a registered Linux user #180842
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