Question on creating a boot CD

[Rick Stevens]

Carr, Steve M CW4 FL-ARNG wrote:
> Thanks for your response.
> 
> I created the 4 CDs from the "iso" files.  It created all the subdirectories
> and files, but it does not boot.  I've looked in RH knowledgebase and have
> not found anything.

You didn't burn the CDs correctly.  The .iso files are exact images of
the CDs and you don't need WinImage to use them.  Your burning software
should have an option to "burn a CD from an image file" or something to
that effect.  Select that option and specify the .iso file as the
source.  Don't bother with WinImage.

Instructions for using some of the more popular Windows CD burning
software can be found at:

	http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#making_cds

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com] 
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 2:06 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: Question on creating a boot CD
> 
> Carr, Steve M CW4 FL-ARNG wrote:
> 
>>I downloaded RedHat Linux ES v3.0 from the web site.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Under "\dosutils" or "\images" there is no "rewrite.exe", "boot.img", or 
>>"supp.img" files as stated in the knowledgebase "How do I create an 
>>installation boot disk?" dated 03-28-04.
>>
>> 
>>
>>How do I create a boot CD Disk from the downloaded "iso" files ? 
>>
>> 
>>
>>I created CDs from the "iso" files using a product called WINIMAGE.
> 
> 
> If you burned the CDs from the .iso images, put the first CD into the
> CD drive and look at it.  If you see a bunch of files, then the disk is
> burned correctly and the CD should be bootable.  You only need to futz
> with rawrite and the boot images if you can't boot from CD-ROM.
> 
> If you only see one file on the CD, you didn't burn it right.
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