livecd..boot and...Forum: Laptops Topic: livecd..boot and... started by: Doom Posted by Doom on Sep. 17 2004,20:29
i burned DSL image to cd but the laptop didn't want to boot from it..so is there way i can boot on some other way?and is this livecd of DSL ? i downloaded the current version... thanks.. Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Sep. 17 2004,22:14
did you md5sum the iso before you burned it?did you actually create a cd from the image, or did you click-and-drag it to your cd-r drive? will it boot on other computers? if it will, get the boot floppy image and use rawrite to make a boot floppy. ...I gotta work on the FAQ so that we can point common questions like this to it... -J.P. SaidinUnleashed Posted by Doom on Sep. 18 2004,07:30
no i didn't ..i used iso buster to open and extract the files and then burned it with Easy cd creator..
Posted by msp on Oct. 06 2004,07:08
old laptop? if you burned to cdrw the cddrive on the laptop may not recognize cdrw only cdrjust a thought Posted by kooKyGuY on Oct. 06 2004,17:05
The cd won't be bootable if you extract the files then burn it. What you need to do is use your burning program to directly burn the image from the iso. Normally you can right click on the iso file, go to open with, and tell it to open it with your burning program. Posted by ke4nt1 on Oct. 06 2004,17:22
Correct,Simply copying the files from one meduim to another does not a bootable CD make !! The "el torito" bootable area of your cd has to be loaded with the boot image as well.. SO use a program that will take the "image" buried within the .iso and burn it to a cdr, duplicating the original master copy precisely. 73 ke4nt |