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07/12/2006 12:40 AM
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Re: [opensuse] Unable to open Dos! error message
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Hello
I am new to the Linux world and I am attempting to load OPENSUSE on my
PC.
I
have down loaded the ISO files and used an ISO burner to burn them to
CD.
I made the first CD bootable.
When I try to boot up on that CD, I get the message:
Unable to open DOS! Any key to retry.
The iso images contain all information necessary, including booting
information. CD1 is bootable for newer computers, CD2 is bootable for
older.
What does that mean and what do I need to do to install SUSE on my
machine?
Just burn iso image. Can't be easier.
To check is it OK, put disk in CDROM and look in explorer. If you see
only one file ending with iso, your iso image burner doesn't work. If
you see few directories and files like on FTP server, than it is
probably OK. For instance Nero is good burning software.
> Rajko,
> Thanks for the input. This describes my problem.
> When I go to explorer, I only see one file.
> That is the same on all 5 disk. Will I need to burn all
> 5 CDs again?
>
> JJ
Jonny,
look how I edited your post. This is chronological order that you get if
your answer is written after mine, and it is called bottom posting. It
is easy to read. The way you did it is top posting and it fits for
single answer, but it messes up chronology for 3 and more followups.
The top posting is not forbidden here (there are places where is), but
it is not welcome either. What most readers here do is to ignore top
posters. So if you need answer please use bottom posting.
The answer to your question is, yes, but not with same options as you
did. So far I recall even XP needs external program like mentioned Nero
to be able to burn iso image. What is iso image? It is byte by byte copy
of CD, from byte 1 to 600 and something millions. What is the difference
to normal copy? Long story, I'll try to find reference and post put it
to en.opensuse.org, but in short, normal file copy can be done after you
have file system, that means after formatting the disk. For disk image
it is not necessary to have file system, better to say even if one
exists it will be overwritten. The iso image is one of special cases, it
is disk image of CD. I hope that you understand now what happened,
windows simply made file system on CD and copied your iso file instead
to burn byte by byte without previous formatting.
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Regards,
Rajko.
Visit http://en.opensuse.org/MiniSUSE
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