[lug] more boot CD

[D. Stimits]

"D. Stimits" wrote:
> 
> I believe I have managed to create an iso9660/rockridge/joliet bootable
> image which is in the form of a file on the hard drive. My next obstacle
> is figuring out how to do the equivalent of rawrite to the cd burner on
> a win 2k machine. What the machine wants to do is turn it into a regular
> file on a UDF filesystem...obviously it does not boot. That machine has
> an HP burner on it, and I'm wondering if anyone here has any suggestions
> on how to create a bootable cd on a win 2k machine? It seems the
> software is trying "simplify" things so much that it has removed the
> ability to create boot cd's, other than through its "backup" facility
> for the current system. This cd burner is OEM, so it does not come with
> a manual. Suggestions welcome.
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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One suggestion I was given is that RealPlayer and EasyCD Creator don't
get along. Apparently this is the key. The software that came with the
CD burner included EasyCD Creator, which is what caused lockups and made
the machine unusable. What I did was upgrade RealPlayer from version 7.0
to version 7.1, and after that, EasyCD creator worked on Win 2k! No more
lockups. I tested a file that I created on linux by telling it to use
the file (from Win 2k) to burn a new ISO, and it worked. Next I have to
work on making the CD bootable (I think the major battle has been won).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com