[lug] more boot CD

[D. Stimits]

John Hernandez wrote:
> 
> Another method (in the true spirit of this mailing list) is to:
> 
> 1) Format the hard drive, thereby eliminating all traces of Windows.
> 2) Install Linux
> 3) Run cdrecord against your image file

My machine does not have a cd burner. Imagine the surprise when I borrow
my parent's machine and the next day they find their Win 2K quirks and
bugs all gone! But since it took me a couple of weeks to teach them how
to use a mouse in windows, I suspect they might not appreciate the new
learning curve :P

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> ;)
> 
> "Bonnell, Doug" wrote:
> >
> > I use EZ CD PRO 95 on my Win2K box for
> > burning. It has an option to create a
> > CDROM from an image file.
> >
> > Just do a search on google for ECDPRO95 and
> > you should be able to find it somewhere.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Doug
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D. Stimits [mailto:stimits at idcomm.com]
> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 1:47 PM
> > To: BLUG
> > Subject: [lug] more boot CD
> >
> > 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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