iso burned but not recognized

connella08 · #1 11th January 2009, 03:07 AM

i just burned my fedora-10-i386-dvd.iso to a dvd-r through nero smartstart. i first noticed something was wrong when i went to view my iso and the icon it has is for winzip. i burned it to a disk anyway. i put it in my pc which has been f-disked so it has a partition but no existing OS. the cd will spin slowly for a split second then stop then repeat. i mounted the .iso to my pc through daemon tools and when i did it came up with the windows on what to do with it (open to view files, burn etc...) what is wrong with it?

#2 11th January 2009, 03:15 AM

sounds like a bad burn? by rights the file shouldnt have been saved as a winzip file i'd be going into your File Associations preferences in winzip an unchecking the .ISO an then possibly burn it agan

connella08 · #3 11th January 2009, 03:30 AM

nvm, found the check box. im going to try to reburn now that is is no longer associated with .iso

pwca · #4 11th January 2009, 03:32 AM

Or it could be the DVD drive in the fdisked computer.

Something I noticed is that some DVD drives like "-r" disks and others prefer "+r" disks. Both drives (in my situation) stated that they do both, but... reality was they didn't.

I don't know if that's the case here but it could be.

The following instructions may be helpful to you in burning a new DVD. (just replace "DVD" wherever the author writes "CD")
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/nero6.html

#5 11th January 2009, 03:35 AM

bad design by winzip cause i use winrar an you can uncheck these associations. i dunno what to suggest for a test, but possibly buy a Linux Magazine that hopefully has Fedora9 or 10 in it an then check just to be sure what it is

connella08 · #6 11th January 2009, 04:04 AM

well i unassociated the .iso with winzip and re-burned, but i still have the same issue. i have tried multiple cd-rom drives as well.

pwca · #7 11th January 2009, 04:13 AM

Try using a +r disk and try following the instructions here:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/nero6.html

When following the instructions substitute "DVD" wherever you see "CD".

Chilly Willy · #8 11th January 2009, 04:17 AM

I hope you are burning the ISO as an IMAGE & NOT a DATA disk. A lot of people do this & can't figure out why there disks won't work.

connella08 · #9 11th January 2009, 04:28 AM

i dont have any dvd+r's and yes i am burning it as an image. i got to nero and select "Burning image to disk"

JohnVV · #10 11th January 2009, 07:51 AM

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bad design by winzip cause i use winrar

never have liked them on xp i like 7-zip and the very OLD "WinTarBall"
or gnuwin32(mingw) rar/unrar ,zip/unzip, ...
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""Burning image to disk""
then it is the dvd and drive combo . Some drives like certain dvd's but not others .
also for the best results burn a dvd image(iso) at x2,x4 ,and maybe x8 max.

#11 11th January 2009, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnVV

never have liked them on xp i like 7-zip and the very OLD "WinTarBall"
or gnuwin32(mingw) rar/unrar ,zip/unzip, ...
--------------------
""Burning image to disk""
then it is the dvd and drive combo . Some drives like certain dvd's but not others .
also for the best results burn a dvd image(iso) at x2,x4 ,and maybe x8 max.

iv'e never had a problem with winrar . seems to be easier than winzip

Chilly Willy · #12 11th January 2009, 02:13 PM

Another thing I've ran into is trying to use CHEAP off brand disks. They just don't work. Be sure to use a good, name brand.