Re: iso images etc

2003-06-22 Thread Bijan Soleymani
john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The real problem is that I cannot 'visualise' what has to be done > to make an .iso image bootable. It's simple the ".iso" file has to be burned directly onto CD as a series of ones and zeros. Then you end up with a standard Debian CD with all the files

Re: iso images etc

2003-06-22 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 08:27:42PM +0100, john gennard wrote: > I do most of my burning with K3b (which I find easy and effective) > and a little with Xcdroast which I find often fails (I've noticed > others on the list complain of problems with this prgram). I'll > have to try getting to grips w

Re: iso images etc

2003-06-22 Thread john gennard
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003, Robert Ian Smit wrote: > * john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [21-06-2003 19:46]: > > I burned the .iso image to a CD, but to make it bootable, I was > > asked to add the contents of a floppy - presumably containing > > drivers to activate a CD-ROM drive. > > > 1. How to I get

Re: iso images etc

2003-06-21 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 06:30:25PM +0100, john gennard wrote: > I have become interested in the creation of a personalised distro. > 'Gentoo' was on the CD which accompanied my monthly Linux Magazine, > but this only contained tarballs for 3 stages. After asking around, > I was referred to 'Linuxfr

Re: iso images etc

2003-06-21 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:50:09 +0200, john gennard wrote: > Sometimes I have access to an ADSL line, so I have downloaded an .iso > image of Gentoo. So that's why you came here?! This is debian-user... > Now, I realised that I didn't understand exactly what an .iso image was, > so I've googled and

Re: iso images etc

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Proulx
john gennard wrote: > I have become interested in the creation of a personalised distro. > 'Gentoo' was on the CD which accompanied my monthly Linux Magazine, Oops! I think you meant to send this message to gentoo-users and not to debian-users. We are all friends here but I think you would have

Re: iso images etc

2003-06-21 Thread Robert Ian Smit
* john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [21-06-2003 19:46]: > I burned the .iso image to a CD, but to make it bootable, I was > asked to add the contents of a floppy - presumably containing > drivers to activate a CD-ROM drive. > 1. How to I get the CD to boot? Use the right tool to burn the iso. Don