I think we've finally got it...simply copying the .iso to cd will do no goood...he needs to use a program such as Nero or InfraRecorder to "burn" the .iso to the cd.
Good luck and enjoy the program...gOS Space is a great distro Pierre On Nov 3, 10:27 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are right, perhaps Poyzin is simply missing the fact that an .ISO > file is a disk image, not just a file that you can burn to a disk as > any other file. > > See:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_image > > an .ISO image needs to be burned to a disk using a "burn image" > option. The burning software then uses the information in the .ISO > file to re-create a CD. > > If you simply burn a CD containing the .ISO file you will NOT get a > boot-able CD, and neither will it work to "open" the .ISO file and > burn its contents to a CD! > > On 3 nov, 08:49, yigeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > something is missing here, > > in neither case you would see a .iso file just as when you download > > before you burn it > > if you cannot boot and logon to Windows mode, you should see the CD > > with all the folders and files of gOS , but you will not see any > > mentioning of ISO, not the CD name that way > > what happened is you just copy the .iso file as content on a CD... and > > it will not boot > > > with whatever program you use, it should ask you to locate you .iso > > image and burn a CD out of it, not copy the file to the CD > > > On Nov 3, 8:00 am, Poyzin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > forget it. I'll just go destroy my computer > > > > On Nov 2, 2:10 pm, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I already told you, read the wikipedia article: > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_image_emulator > > > > > But having the ability to "open" the .ISO does not help you to boot it > > > > much. > > > > > One such program is "alcohol", a commercial windows program. > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_120%25 > > > > > On 2 nov, 19:05, Poyzin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > okay well still...how do I get windows to actually recognize an iso in > > > > > the boot page? because Flash Drive or whatever, it doesn't like to > > > > > show it on the list.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
