--- In [email protected], "Ty Giannattasio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hey guys/gals another question for you linux wizez,
> I downloaded and burnt feather and puppy linux like I was
recommended and when I try to boot the OS up, on any of my PCs, there
is no data recognition from the CD. I copied them as an .iso file and
everything. I had done the same with DSL and it works fine, (on my
newer PCs.) When I open the file with Windows, on the puppy and
feather, I just see and unrecognized file and nothing else. When I
open DSL in Windows you see a boot folder and when that is opened
there is an .iso folder and opening that there is a few icons, ie:
boot, mail, isofile. etc... Did I burn the images incorrectly or is
there a better way of going about it.
Think of the *.iso file as a *.zip or *.cab file; you don't want the
solitary *.iso file itself on the CD, you want the files within the
*.iso on the CD. But in addition to the directories and files you
named, what makes the *.iso special is that it contains the hidden
sectors, the =boot= sectors that allow the CD to start up the machine.
And using a given CD-burning software's "Burn CD fron ISO" option --
which is not the same as "Maka a data CD" -- creates the boot sectors.
So, look for the "Burn from ISO" option!
Most Linux distributions take up the full 600+MB CD (or even a full
DVD!), so packing more than one onto a CD usually isn't possible.
Puppy and Feather are (by design) much smaller than that, however
getting both onto the same CD and independently bootable would be a
ridiculously technical process. More trouble than it would be worth!
Besides, blank CD's are pretty darn cheap - just start a LiveCD
collection, like me ;)
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