Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:52:26 -0600 (CST) From: Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu> To: RayM@cableone.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: burning 5.3-RELEASE CDs Message-ID: <200501271852.j0RIqQ9t010411@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:30:50 -0600 "Ray Marshall" <RayM@cableone.net>
wrote:
>Did you figure out how to get an install cd from the ISO image file? I have a new dell with RecordNow and I can't figure it out, but, I need to do the same thing. Thanks.
Sonic RecordNow! apparently does not recognize .iso files as image files,
so it cannot produce a valid, bootable disk. I ran into this two or three
weeks ago. I already had a 5.2.1 system installed on the same machine, so
I was able to copy the image file from the Windows XP file system into a
FreeBSD UFS file system. From there I used burncd to produce a bootable disk.
One problem I ran into, however, was that the "fixate" step always encountered
some error with the two large .iso files when burning a CD-R, although it
worked fine with the "minimal installation" image file. Burning to a CD-RW
worked properly. I still don't know why burning a large image to a CD-R was
a problem when burning it to a CD-RW was not a problem.
In short, Sonic RecordNow! is useless for ISO image files, but you may
find some workaround. There are also other disk-burning packages around for
Windows XP, but that would mean spending more money on a package you might only
use once. :-]
Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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