On Monday June 16 2003 05:21 pm, FemmeFatale wrote:
> At 07:41 AM 6/16/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> ><snip>
> >
> > If you're really d/l'g Mandrake91-cd1-inst.i586.iso it
> > isn't a rar archive and winrar won't extract it. It just needs
> > to be burnt to a cd as an image, not a data file. .iso are just
> > one type of image file, audio CD's are another, any OS. As has
> > already been suggested, check the md5sum of the iso before, and
> > the CD after burning. If those check, and the CD won't boot,
> > most likely it's a hardware or configuration problem.
> For those of you who don't use windows...
>
> an FYI: Win98 & later will see ANY compressed image (.iso, .rar,
> .zip, .tar,.bzip, .nrg... it goes on) as a COMPRESSED file.
W98 should see it as a compressed file. Any OS should recognize
an image file (such as .iso) as a compressed archive. They are.
.tar's aren't compressed, .tar.gz's are tho.
> So
> it gives it an ICON it finds that is associated with ANY
> Compression program you have on your comp, be that Winzip or
> Winrar or WinImage or Nero. The icon is irrelevant and is just
> confusing this poor sod.
>
> Ignore hte icon & just use Nero or Roxio to burn it. Nero's site
> has how-to-idiot-proof instructions (as does its help files) on
> burning images (.iso's & the like) to CD. Use that. Roxio I
> don't & Never will use so don't ask me about it.
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