really dumb iso question

[Collins Richey]

On 12/19/06, Susan Macchia <susan at smacchia.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have scoured the web, Linux SxS, FC site and can't find anything specific.
>  I have downloaded the FC6 isos and have used gcombust to burn them (in the
> burn tab IS 9660 Image - specifying an image location).
>
> But none of the CDs boot.  I've gone into the BIOS, etc and yes - CD rom is
> the first boot device.  What am I missing?
>
> It's been a couple of years since I did this with FC1 and I simply can't
> remember if I burned the original ISOs in a special way.
>

1. I've had very poor luck with FCn isos. Mostly they are coasters,
even if the md5sums (or whatever FC uses) match. They will usually
boot, but fail during the install.

2. I always have best results using cdrecord as root at a low speed,
ie 'cdrecord -v dev=/dev/hdc speed=8 -eject /path/to/iso'. Of course,
if you're using an older kernel with emulation the 'dev=...' will be
different.

HTH,

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Collins Richey
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