Turning *.iso into a bootable CD

[theAdmiral]

I downloaded the *.iso for a Fedora 10 Live KDE installation. It is currently on my hard drive. I tried burning it to a CD with Roxio using two different methods. The first one was not a bootable method. So I checked the Roxio documentation and burned the image that way. In burning an *.iso to a bootable image on a disc, Roxio asks for three different file types, none of which are *.iso. I selected my *.iso because that was all I had. Then I burned it as a bootable to a CD.

When I tried to boot it, I got a black screen with a message at the top left reading something like there was no operating system available. I thought that was strange, and I do not know what to do. Could somebody help, please?

Thanks,
theAdmiral

[stoat]

Hello theAdmiral,

I don't really know what's wrong, but one common thing that happens all the time is burning the ISO file itself to the CD as data. Try using Windows Explorer (or whatever) to browse the files on the CD you just created. If you see on the CD the same file that you downloaded, then that is what has happened.

Don't choose any option in your burning software that is related to burning a data disk. Don't concern yourself with creating a bootable CD. Instead, find the option in your burning software that will burn the ISO file as an image. When you properly burn the image contained in the ISO file to the CD, it will be a bootable CD. And it will contain many folders and files. See more here, for example...

Making Fedora Disks - Section 4

[bob]

This is a short Roxio tutorial I found Googling 'burning iso roxio'. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/burning_iso.html If it isn't exact, there are lots more listings.

[blittle]

I'm going to assume you're using windows since you're using roxio to burn an image, you may want to look into imgburn, it's a free app that is designed to burn iso files.

most likely roxio just burned the ISO as a single data file to your CD

(if the above tutorial doesn't work)

[theAdmiral]

Thanks to all of you. It is solved.

[JohnVV]

and for future use on xp you might also look at these two free apps
CDBurnerXP -- cd and dvd ( and yes it name dose sound like the malware - antivirus XP , but this one is safe)
http://cdburnerxp.se/
and
InfraRecorder -- cd / dvd ( a CygWin *.exe build )
http://infrarecorder.org/

[manuleka]

mate if are using windows i highly and ultimately recoommend imgburn [http://imgburn.com/]

IT'S FREE AND IT WORKS - I've used it for a couple of years now - If you don't wanna pay for Nero go with IMGBURN it rocks

[DCOH]

In Roxie you have to use image to burn an iso to disc and some times its not easy to find in the menus.

[theAdmiral]

Thank you all for your effort and input. I stuck with Roxio. I was looking in the wrong place to get the program to do what I wanted it to do. By the way, I was using Roxio 9 Premier.

Again, thanks for all your help.

theAdmiral