--- Glenn Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, Lonni:
>
> I am at a different machine, so this is a new message, not a reply
> generated by Kmail.
>
> Yes, I can boot both Linux machines from a CD, and I had that option
> enabled in CMOS setup when I tried the CD in each machine.
>
> I can mount the CD and list the contents with ls -l or the Konqueror
> file manager in su mode. It shows a single file - ER-iso.
This is your problem. You didn't burn an ISO image. You burnt the file
instead.
>
> I used xcdroast to make the ISO9660 CD on one trial, and I used
> Adaptec
> Easy CD Creator v. 3.5 to create another ISO9660 CD (in windoze, of
> course).
>
> If there needs to be boot files added from a boot floppy to the CD to
> make it bootable, I am sure you would have made that clear earlier.
Nothing needs to be added. The ISO has all the files. You just need to
burn it correctly.
>
> Now I wonder if I have a corrupt image.
Possible, but unlikely. THis sounds like user-error to me.
>
> Can you tell me where you originally downloaded the image? Maybe I
> should try to get a fresh, clean copy, and begin anew.
I got the image by dd'ing it from the original CD that Linuxcare
produced. I got the original CD from a friend who used to work at
Linuxcare.
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