Since you mentioned you have succesfully burned other distro's ISO images, then why not just use them? They all come with Joerg Schilling's excellent cdrecord. For example:
cdrecord -v dev=/dev/sg0 speed=4 cdrom.img On Tuesday 12 December 2000 00:29, Jack Hockett wrote: > Heinrich, > Thank you for the reply, but that is precisely what I am doing. > Attempting to write the CD from the downloaded ISO file. EZ CDCreator is > recommended on the Debian site if one is using Windows to write the CD's in > question. I have tried 3 or 4 different (Nero, CDRWin, Fireburner, Hotburn, > etc) CD recording programs with no luck from any. This is why I wrote to > the Users List asking for some help. I have burned Mandrake CD's, > Slackware and others with no problem. I have downloaded ISO's from various > mirrors to see if the chksums are different. But I find they are the same, > so I assumed it was I who was doing something wrong. > I mentioned the two recording formats because of those options to > choose from. After one option did not work I tried the other with no luck > from either. I am beginning to think there is something wrong with my > burner. > Thanks for your help. > > Jack H > > -----Original Message----- > From: rebehn [mailto:rebehn]On Behalf Of Heinrich Rebehn > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 12:04 AM > To: Jack H > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Creating CD's from ISO's > > Hi Jack, > > since you are talking about CD-formats (iso9660,joliet), my first guess > would be that you had your cd burning software create a new cd image > containing the donloaded image as its only file. This is wrong! Try to > pursuade the program to _not_ create an image, but burn your downloaded > image _as is_ to the CD. > > HTH, > Heinrich > > Jack H wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been trying to create the Installation CD's for Debian from the > > ISO's I have downloaded. For some unknown reason, my CD's do not act like > they are supposed to afterwards. Oh sure, the icon show's up in Explorer > from the CD icon as the OS that is recorded on the cd, but they will not > boot to the cd. Yes, I have the CD-ROM as my first boot device in BIOS. > > > I'm running Win98 SE on the machine with my burner. > > My System info: > > Asus P3V133 MB latest BIOS > > Celeron 400MHz not over-clocked > > SB-16 SC > > Ovislink 8139ATX NIC > > Adaptec 78xx SCSI Adapter for cd-rw > > Voodoo3-2000 AGP 16 meg video > > 20GB Fujitsu 7200RPM hdd w/17GB free space > > 384MB PC-100 Non-ECC > > 52X CD-ROM, > > Philips CD3600 CD-RW with the very latest Firmware. > > I record the CD's in iso9660 format, Joliet, and neither worked. :( It > > still will not boot to it. I tried using a boot disk, but when it gets to > the CD, I get "This isn't a valid CD".. > > > I finally had to have my friend Nate make them for me. My recorder > > makes other cd's just fine. Audio, Data, you name it. > > > Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Jack > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > Heinrich Rebehn > "Have disk - will travel" > University of Bremen > Physics / Electrical and Electronics Engineering > - Department of Telecommunications - > > E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone : +49/421/218-4664 > Fax : -3341 > > --------------------------------------------- > > Leon : And stop saying "okay" all the time! Okay? > Mathilda: Okay. > Leon : Good. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
