Burning bootable CDs with XCDRoast

[Ken Moffat]

Brett I. Holcomb wrote:

>I'm attempting to burn a bootable CD with XCDRoast (.98alpha10) and it's 
>not working.   I have an iso that I need to make into a bootable CD.
>
>I follow the docs at the xcdroast.org site and set up the iso under the 
>Write tracks section - it's selected, the layout is accepted and the iso 
>shows up as being selected.  
>
>I then go to the Master tracks section and set it up for El Torito boot by 
>pointing it to a 1.44 floppy image and telling it to make it bootable.  
>
>However, when I boot of the CD it says 2.88MB image and then "failed to 
>boot".  I know I'm overlooking something obvious here.  Any help is 
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>  
>
Are you stuck on xcdroast?
(Is this too elementary?)
I usually use the command line ( as root ):
cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 name_of_your.iso

first determine the device using "cdrecord --scanbus"; mine is device 
0,0,0, yours may differ. you can try a higher speed...

-- 
Ken