On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 21:13, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 07:41:50PM -0500, alex wrote: > > A real beginners question. What is an ISO image? > > An ISO image is a file containing an ISO-9660 filesystem. It is, > essentially, a bit-for-bit copy of a CD ROM. You can use this kind of > file to burn a CD, it's been around longer, is the international > standard for such images, and is far easier than screwing around with > bin/cue stuff (when I run into this, I just use bchunk to fix people's > broken, propriety bin/cue images into something universally usable).
What are bin and cue images? In this context, I though that ".bin" was just another way of naming files, since ".iso" is only a convention, not a mandate. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "Basically, I got on the plane with a bomb. Basically, I | | tried to ignite it. Basically, yeah, I intended to damage | | the plane." | | RICHARD REID, who tried to blow up American Airlines | | Flight 63 | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
