help burning iso image?

[mikeydread]

ive been trying to burn this iso omage but cant seem to get it done. ive used nero and roxio to burn it but i dont think im doing it right. am i missing something here?im extracting the rar files into a folder ,seeing the image in the folder, open the burn software selecting iso burn and burning is being completed but it wont work.the computer im using is booting from cd i checked the cmos, but it aint booting from it during start-up. is there a way to verify u have a good image on the cd after u burn it? thanks ahead of time...

[Lowcarb]

ive been trying to burn this iso omage but cant seem to get it done. ive used nero and roxio to burn it but i dont think im doing it right. am i missing something here?im extracting the rar files into a folder ,seeing the image in the folder, open the burn software selecting iso burn and burning is being completed but it wont work.the computer im using is booting from cd i checked the cmos, but it aint booting from it during start-up. is there a way to verify u have a good image on the cd after u burn it? thanks ahead of time...


Can you see other files on the CD? 1) using the computer you burned the .iso on. 2) using the computer you are trying to boot.

Are you burning the CD and trying to boot from the same drive? Some old CD ROM drives have a hard time reading cd-r discs. Again, can you read a disk on the computer you are trying to boot that was burned from where you are trying to make the .iso

Even though your BIOS has the option to boot from CD it might not work. Have you tried the CD in a different computer? Do you know someone who knows that they have a computer than can boot from CD?

[mikeydread]

im burning the image using winxp and roxio, then i take it to a computer using win98, it doesnt reconize that it has a disk in the drive?ive tried 2 computer one with win 95 also?ive went through prob 10 cd's trying to figure this out

[mikeydread]

ok, i checked the cd on the cpu using winxp this is the one i used to burn and it opens it and shows two files they are bootimg and bootcaps...

[malfunct]

ok, i checked the cd on the cpu using winxp this is the one i used to burn and it opens it and shows two files they are bootimg and bootcaps...

When you burn the ISO with roxio do you tell it to finalize the disk? The old machine may not be able to read cd's that are still "open".

[mikeydread]

yes.i guess im just too stupid to burn an iso image

[malfunct]

yes.i guess im just too stupid to burn an iso image

I doubt that, seems to be a machine issue.

Can the old win95 machine read any burned cds? Some older cd drives were unable to "see" the data on a cdr due to reflectivity issues and such.

[mikeydread]

when i open the cd on my laptop with xp it has these files bootcat.bin and bootimg.bin. does this sound right... also can i just burn this to my hd using a p-3 with win 2000 maybe my other computers are just too old?

[mikeydread]

thanks for all your help man! this is what i got. i got this cd that i think is bootable, but like u say my machines are prob. too old. i have a dell optiplex with win2k on it but i hear u cant use this to burn the image to your hd is that true?

[malfunct]

thanks for all your help man! this is what i got. i got this cd that i think is bootable, but like u say my machines are prob. too old. i have a dell optiplex with win2k on it but i hear u cant use this to burn the image to your hd is that true?

Its not that the computer is too old, its that the cd drive is too old. What I would do in your situation is grab the fat32 drive from the win95 machine, put it in the del optiplex with the good cd reader as primary master. Make sure the cd rom is primary slave and put the tivo drive on the secondary master. Since you are booting from the cd the OS on the primary master drive is irrelavant, the only requirment being that the first partition is fat32.

[mikeydread]

ok, i checked the win95 machine and it plays music cd'r's that i have made. so im gonna check and see if it will open the boot cd?right

[mikeydread]

i tried the boot disk in win95 mach. and it will open it up, so i tried to restart the machine with the cd in the drive , it starts up and just sits there with a flashing cursor. is this what it should to without my other drive being hooked up?

[malfunct]

i tried the boot disk in win95 mach. and it will open it up, so i tried to restart the machine with the cd in the drive , it starts up and just sits there with a flashing cursor. is this what it should to without my other drive being hooked up?

You said that on the cd that you burnt you only see 2 files? are there any directories there? Its sounding a bit like you have a corrupt iso that you are starting out with that is part of your problem.

It does sound like you are booting from the cd correctly so now you just need to figure out why you don't have the complete image on that disk. Sometimes these things are painful but you are doing a pretty good job troubleshooting the issues so far.

[mikeydread]

well i dont know much bout filesystems but i checked the properties of the files and the caps.bin file is 2mb and the img.bin file is 159 mb . u think this is right? did u get my private message?

[malfunct]

well i dont know much bout filesystems but i checked the properties of the files and the caps.bin file is 2mb and the img.bin file is 159 mb . u think this is right? did u get my private message?

Whats the size of the original .iso image? I am downloading a good one now so I can compare sizes and see if you had a complete .iso. Also, it wasn't clear, but did you break open the iso and try to burn the files? Or did you burn the iso to the disk as an image?

There should be a few files and couple of directories in the root of the cd if its a correct burn.

[malfunct]

The size of the .iso file that I downloaded is 21,692,416. When you are done the total size of all files on the cd should add up to a number very close if not identicle to this. Thats in kilobytes I'm fairly certain if you were wondering.

[mikeydread]

well i cant post the website i got it from cause of rules but it was a rar file, so i extracted the file into a folder. when i did roxio reconized it as an iso image, so i open roxio and select to burn a boot cd,it burns and thats what i got, its 161mb in size is that close?this file is a 2.5extremeimage suppose to be anyway.. u have a neat website, i left u a message , kool pics too looks like wisconsin. im in nc, can u call me or i call u?

[malfunct]

well i cant post the website i got it from cause of rules but it was a rar file, so i extracted the file into a folder. when i did roxio reconized it as an iso image, so i open roxio and select to burn a boot cd,it burns and thats what i got, its 161mb in size is that close?this file is a 2.5extremeimage suppose to be anyway.. u have a neat website, i left u a message , kool pics too looks like wisconsin. im in nc, can u call me or i call u?

Oh, you are doing 2.5extreme, heh I was thinking it was tivoscripts_1_02. I don't know what size it is or how its supposed to behave or how you are supposed to connect things up for that. Sorry :(

It still sort of sounds like your image was corrupt but that you are burning it correctly.

[mikeydread]

the disc size is the same as the file size on the site,so does that mean i got a good one.i know how to hook my stuff up but i want to make sure i have a good boot disk is there a way to check it first? shouldnt it boot into linux when i boot computer?

[malfunct]

the disc size is the same as the file size on the site,so does that mean i got a good one.i know how to hook my stuff up but i want to make sure i have a good boot disk is there a way to check it first? shouldnt it boot into linux when i boot computer?

Yes, I assume it should boot to linux.

[(o)here(o)]

quick question... when burning using Nero, did you select "burn image" from the "Recorder" menu ?

just double checking, cuz if you use the "CD-ROM (ISO)" pre-selected deal that pops-up... it wont work.