how to burn?Forum: myDSL Extensions (deprecated) Topic: how to burn? started by: shui Posted by shui on May 18 2005,13:35
I'm pretty new to Linux. So the answer to this might be obvious, but I've never burned live cds before. I've downloaded two programs that can burn isos, but I can't figure out how to add files to them. I have a couple of .dsl files I'd like to add, and I'd also like to save a bunch of read-only files to the cd if that's possible. How would I do this?
Posted by Guest on May 20 2005,03:13
What cd-burning programs are you refering to? Different programs have different capabilities so it will be hard for us to give any specific help, except to tell you to read the programs' documentation. The procedure can be as simple as dragging the iso file to the program's window, and then drag the rest of the DSL extensions to the opened iso file, and then clicking on the "burn" button. The problem is we do not know what you have.
Posted by jls legalize on May 20 2005,09:29
if u are trying to make a mydsl cd remaster look under apps - tools in the menu that comes out when u right click in the desktop.
Posted by shui on May 20 2005,21:44
Well, I'm not sure what program I'll use. The ones I've tried so far only want to accept the ISO file and nothing else. But where should the DSL files be? Inside the ISO?
Posted by Guest on May 22 2005,03:10
Please explain as completely as you can exactly what you are doing, what programs you tried to use, what error messages you got, ... whatever you saw or heared while doing what you were doing.
Posted by shui on May 22 2005,16:10
I used Artisan Burner, and Flash CD & DVD Burner, both of which can handle ISOs, and both of which seem to come wrapped in spyware. They did manage to burn the ISO, but nothing else. So I ended up with six working live CDs, but none with any of the stuff I wanted. I gave all but one of them out at work.Next one of my friends started playing around with WinRAR, and we found it it could open ISOs, but it couldn't save to them. So I tried taking out all the files and adding my own, and then burning them as files. That didn't work, so I used Artisan Burner to make them into a new ISO, but it wouldn't let me save without a path, and it wouldn't let me enter a path. And that's about where I am at the moment. I have a trial version of Nero that expired a long time ago, a paid for version of MusicMatch that stopped working a long time ago, a version of record now that gets a error message while burning, and refuses to spit the cd back out for several hours. Then I have trials of Adensoft, Artisan, Flash, and BurnRight that haven't expired. And I'm downloading AShampoo Media Player, which says it can burn and save ISOs. Posted by meo on May 22 2005,17:04
Hi shui!It seems to me that you need to make a remaster of DSL to get what you want. I just posted a HOWTO in the "Remastering HOWTO for DSL" thread. Take a look and see if this is what you want. You find it in the HOWTO section of this forum. Have fun, meo Posted by GRAWL on May 25 2005,12:21
ISOs can't be "edited" that way. Posted by WoofyDugfock on May 25 2005,13:03
iso files can be edited - you just mount one, add whatever extensions you want to the root directory, umount and then burn a cd from the iso.But not with WinRAR. There are instructions on how to do this from a shell in a number of places on this forum. A good free program for burning isos under Windows that has been recommended before on this forum is burncdcc (google for it). AFAIK it doesn't contain spyware. Posted by Guest on May 25 2005,16:27
I thought ISO image files are either read-only or were created with practically zero padding such that you are limited in its size when editing its contents. This is why the ISO file is mounted first, then its contents are copied somewhere, then extensions are added to that copy, then a new ISO is made from that copy.Anyway, this exact procedure is described in full detail in the DSL Documentation and in the "big remastering thread", both courtesy of meo. Shui, if you cannot follow the instructions on that thread, please try the DSL menu item "Apps -> Tools -> Make myDSL CD Remaster". Posted by WoofyDugfock on May 25 2005,18:25
Thanks guest - I was sloppy, drunk, whatever.I also see WinISO < has been suggested > for this purpose if Shui really wants to do it under Windows - I haven't tried it. Posted by forkart on May 29 2005,13:58
Try MagicISO, Using it to burn iso image onto CD/DV with MagicISO built-in < ISO burner >.< http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-burnwin.htm > |