On Wednesday 02 May 2001 07:17, John Kloian III wrote:
> you shouldn't have to open the iso to make a bootable cd. what program
> did you use to burn the cd with? if you use cdrecord you should just be
> able to use cdrecord -v -speed# dev=/burning/device Mandrake80-inst.iso
> and things should work. if you're using somekind of graphical tool you
> might need to tell it your burning an iso. it sounds like your burn
> program just thought you wanted to burn reagular old data files, which
> would explain the contents of the CD.
Since u are using windows i shant explain about cdrecord.
Basically an iso is a binary "image" of a cd. You dont "open " if as such but
needs to be processed by the burning software to turn it back into a cd .
The option u want is "burn image" or "birn from image" or "burn iso"
in nero for instance the option is ... file>burn image ( dont be put off by
nero wanting to look for its image format, if u "click show all files" and
select your mandrake iso....you're off and running.
the md5sums file is a checksum to verify that your cd was correctly
downloaded, if u wish to check a cd ( say after u burn it right and it goes
wierd) there is program available for DOS ( check mandrake site) that will
read your iso, calculate its checksum and then tell u whether or not there
were any errors in your download, by comparing it with the correct checksum
listed besdide the iso on mandrakes site.
good luck, you are going to like what u see when u put that cd in:)
