[WBEL-users] Bootable CD info

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:38:47 -0500

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Newbie FYI...

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X-CD Roast has a Setup Button on the Main (first screen) Panel. In the
Setup you specify *exactly* which directory images are located in (which
makes it inconvenient to catalog them in different dirs...unless you
remember to change the path...). When the dir path is properly spec'd
the Write tracks dialog will "see" the iso image and handle it as an iso
image.

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However, my CD-Writer hangs when attempting to write Sector 0. I have
had issues with this writer before, so it may not be a software issue.

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Thanks.

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Previous dialog:

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No, when you do it that way the .iso file just becomes a file in the
target filesystem. as in, lets say your cd is drive e: or /mnt/cdrom
if you do it the way you've said, what you'll wind up with is:

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C:\> dir e:

e:\whatever.iso
1 file found

ls /mnt/cdrom
whatever.iso

What you want to do is write the image directly to the cd. Then you'll
wind up with a bootable cd with a complete filesytem on it.

 I can only tell you how to do it with Nero and maybe cdrecord, I don't
know how with X-CDRoast.=20

Nero 5 Burning Rom

Select File, Burn Image, Navigate to the .iso* file and follow the
prompts to burn it.

Nero 6 Burning Rom

Select File, Open , Navigate to the .iso* file and follow the prompts to
burn it.

*nero defaults to only showing .nrg files, so change the Files of type
DropDownList to All Files (*.*)
when you select this way,you'll burn the image onto the cd and not the
file.

cdrecord
This should work:

cdrecord -v speed=3D4 dev=3D0,0,0
/downloadedimage/liberation-i386-binary-1-fixed.iso

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Hope this helps,
Will=20

-----Original Message-----
From: whitebox-users-admin@beau.org
[mailto:whitebox-users-admin@beau.org] On Behalf Of Manley, Johnny
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 7:49 AM
To: whitebox-users@beau.org
Subject: [WBEL-users] Bootable CD

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Hello,

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Please excuse my naivete, but I am having challenges creating a bootable
Disk 1 for WBEL. A detailed list of what I have done is at the end of
this message. However, I'll just cut to the chase for the moment. The
only bootdisk.img I have found so far that CD-Roast will tolerate was on
a RH9 install disk. Once the CD was burned it did indeed boot, but then
complained that it couldn't find a RH Distro CD. CD-Roast seems fairly
adamant about the size of the boot image as well. The FAQ and How-To
were helpful but just not quite there from a "step-by-step" perspective.

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It seems the RH9 disk just burned and booted or have I forgotten
something? Should I get an older bootdisk.img? Does someone have some 1,
2, 3 steps and files for this process?

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Thanks,

Johnny Manley

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M-I LLC Database Administration

jmanley@miswaco.com

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1.)    Downloaded WBEL iso images and burned to CD with CD-Roast; Disk1
no boot.

2.)    Tried burning CD with boot image; no suitable image for CD-Roast.

3.)    Tried Nero on Windows but v6 interface has cleverly hidden the
bootable CD options...

4.)    How-To suggested boot image from Red Hat CD; CD-Roast liked image
size.

5.)    Booted from new WBEL CD, RH install began.

6.)    RH install (anaconda?) fails with "No Red Hat Distro CD found,
goodbye".

7.)    ?

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Newbie FYI&#8230;</span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

X-CD Roast has a Setup Button on =
the Main (first screen) =
Panel. In
the Setup you specify *exactly*
which directory images are located in (which makes it inconvenient to =
catalog
them in different dirs&#8230;unless you remember to change the =
path&#8230;).
When the dir path is properly spec&#8217;d the Write tracks dialog will
&#8220;see&#8221; the iso image and handle it as an iso =
image.

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

However, my CD-Writer hangs when
attempting to write Sector 0. I have had issues with this writer before, =
so it
may not be a software issue.

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Previous dialog:</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

No, when you do it that way the =
.iso file
just becomes a file in the target filesystem. as in, lets say your cd is =
drive
e: or /mnt/cdrom 
if you do it the way you've said, what you'll wind up with =
is:

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>C:\&gt; dir e:</span></font></p>

e:\whatever.iso 
1 file found 
 
ls /mnt/cdrom 
whatever.iso 
 
What you want to do is write the =
image
directly to the cd. Then you'll wind up with a =
bootable cd with a complete =
filesytem
on it. 
 
&nbsp;I can only tell you how to do it with Nero and maybe cdrecord, I =
don't
know how with X-CDRoast. =

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br>
Nero 5 Burning Rom</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Select File, Burn Image, Navigate =
to the
.iso* file and follow the prompts to burn it.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br>
Nero 6 Burning Rom</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Select File, Open , Navigate to =
the .iso*
file and follow the prompts to burn it.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>*nero defaults to only showing =
.nrg files,
so change the Files of type DropDownList to All Files (*.*)<br>
when you select this way,you'll burn the image onto the cd and not the =
file.<br>
<br>
cdrecord<br>
This should work:</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Courier =
New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New";color:black;font-weight:bold'>cdrecord
-v speed=3D4 dev=3D0,0,0 /downloadedimage/</span></font><font =
color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'color:black'>liberation-i386-binary-1-fixed.iso</span></font></b=
></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Hope this helps,<br>
Will</span></font><font color=3Dnavy><span =
style=3D'color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DTahoma><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original =
Message-----<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
whitebox-users-admin@beau.org [mailto:whitebox-users-admin@beau.org] =
<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Manley, Johnny<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font =
size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Monday, April
 12, 2004</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span
 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>7:49 =
AM</span></font><font size=3D2
face=3DTahoma><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> =
whitebox-users@beau.org<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WBEL-users] =
Bootable CD</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello,</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

Please excuse my naivete, =
but I am
having challenges creating a bootable Disk 1 for WBEL. A detailed list =
of what
I have done is at the end of this message. However, I&#8217;ll just cut =
to the
chase for the moment. The only bootdisk.img I have found so far that =
CD-Roast
will tolerate was on a RH9 install disk. Once the CD was burned it did =
indeed
boot, but then complained that it couldn&#8217;t find a RH Distro CD. =
CD-Roast
seems fairly adamant about the size of the boot image as well. The FAQ =
and
How-To were helpful but just not quite there from a =
&#8220;step-by-step&#8221;
perspective.

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

It seems the RH9 disk just =
burned
and booted or have I forgotten something? Should I get an older =
bootdisk.img?
Does someone have some 1, 2, 3 steps and files for this =
process?

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Johnny Manley</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>M-I LLC Database =
Administration</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><a =
href=3D"mailto:jmanley@miswaco.com">jmanley@miswaco.com</a></span></font>=
</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig =
style=3D'margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>1.)</span></font><font
size=3D1><span style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span></font>Downloaded
WBEL iso images and burned to CD with CD-Roast; Disk1 no boot.</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig =
style=3D'margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>2.)</span></font><font
size=3D1><span style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span></font>Tried
burning CD with boot image; no suitable image for CD-Roast.</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig =
style=3D'margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>3.)</span></font><font
size=3D1><span style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span></font>Tried
Nero on Windows but v6 interface has cleverly hidden the bootable CD
options&#8230;</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig =
style=3D'margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>4.)</span></font><font
size=3D1><span style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span></font>How-To
suggested boot image from Red Hat CD; CD-Roast liked image size.</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig =
style=3D'margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>5.)</span></font><font
size=3D1><span style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span></font>Booted
from new WBEL CD, RH install began.</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig =
style=3D'margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>6.)</span></font><font
size=3D1><span style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span></font>RH
install (anaconda?) fails with &#8220;No Red Hat Distro CD found,
goodbye&#8221;.</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig =
style=3D'margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>7.)</span></font><font
size=3D1><span style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span></font>?</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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