i cant seem to be able to boot linux of a disk.....very strange

savagenator · 02-27-2006, 09:13 PM

hi, well i wanted to take the plunge to linux, but strangly when i put the .iso file in the disk, and i boot the comptuer, it doesnt boot form the CD even when in the BIOS i select the CD to be booted. Whats wrong?

PS: this is a Dell....

geese · 02-27-2006, 11:43 PM

did you copy the iso to the disk or did you burn the iso as a CD image ?

Veurruckte · 02-28-2006, 01:29 AM

You need to burn the ISO, not just copy it (As geese said). There's many free ISO burners out there, just google.

The other problem could be you burnt the ISO on too fast of a speed. Try burning it at around 12x.

Motoxrdude · 02-28-2006, 01:47 AM

I use DeepBurner pro and it is very nice for iso burinings because of the simplicity.

savagenator · 02-28-2006, 04:57 AM

i used nero7 and it says "writing to CD image" when burning the disk

also, it burns at 10x max.

duane534 · 03-11-2006, 07:27 AM

Writing TO a CD image creates an ISO, to the same end as copying an ISO to the disk. If you look at the disk in Explorer, and it lists files and folders, you've done it right.

02-27-2006, 09:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
savagenator Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 100	i cant seem to be able to boot linux of a disk.....very strange hi, well i wanted to take the plunge to linux, but strangly when i put the .iso file in the disk, and i boot the comptuer, it doesnt boot form the CD even when in the BIOS i select the CD to be booted. Whats wrong? PS: this is a Dell.... __________________ My computer: AMD x2 4400+ ($480) Gigabyte ga-k8n-SLI ($90) 2 - 512 mb corsair RAM ($100) 7800 GT ($300) x-dreamer ($50) True power 2 550 Watt ($90) win xp pro, SP2 ($100) total: $1,210 happyness; :D :D :D :D :D

02-27-2006, 11:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
geese Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: West Indies Posts: 68	did you copy the iso to the disk or did you burn the iso as a CD image ? __________________ AMD 64 3200+ 939-pin * MSI K8N NEO4-F * 1GB RAM * 120GB HD * NEC 16X DVD+/-RW * GF6200 256M PCI-E * Thermaltake Venus 12 CPU fan OS - SuSE Pro 9.3 Registered Linux user # 395739

02-28-2006, 01:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 17 Posts: 6,032	I use DeepBurner pro and it is very nice for iso burinings because of the simplicity. __________________ RIP Mom 9/17/55-02/22/08.

02-28-2006, 04:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
savagenator Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 100	i used nero7 and it says "writing to CD image" when burning the disk also, it burns at 10x max. __________________ My computer: AMD x2 4400+ ($480) Gigabyte ga-k8n-SLI ($90) 2 - 512 mb corsair RAM ($100) 7800 GT ($300) x-dreamer ($50) True power 2 550 Watt ($90) win xp pro, SP2 ($100) total: $1,210 happyness; :D :D :D :D :D

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02-28-2006, 01:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
Veurruckte Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 240	You need to burn the ISO, not just copy it (As geese said). There's many free ISO burners out there, just google. The other problem could be you burnt the ISO on too fast of a speed. Try burning it at around 12x.

03-11-2006, 07:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
duane534 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 123	Writing TO a CD image creates an ISO, to the same end as copying an ISO to the disk. If you look at the disk in Explorer, and it lists files and folders, you've done it right.