Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 08:32:16 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Linux on Lib70
>Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:36:31 >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >An ISO image is a single file which contains *all* the data on the CD, >including the directory structures and TOC and whathaveyou. When you copy >an ISO, it's copied bit-for-bit instead of treating it as a file, so when >the CD is read, all the file structures appear as normal. Hmmmm... so are the 4 different types of images you were talking about putting onto 1.44MB FDs ISO images that have been written to the FDs via some piece of software? If so, what writes them to the FDs? >If you really want to get exotic, you can download an ISO image, mount it >as a loopback device, which lets you see the contents, copy the contents to >the HD, and run an installation from there. Never need to see a CD :) Aha! So there IS a way to extract the files from the ISO image file right to a HDD. I was thinking I could use CD-RW software to write the ISO to a CD, and then copy the files to the HDD. I'll refrain from wondering too loudly what the process of "mount it as a loopback device' is. (Man... I remind myself of those two brothers who would come to my skateboard shop every day, and bug me by asking questions faster than I could answer them!) Still, the $5 IDE adaptor method sounds the most livable Matt _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
