Re: burning a redhat cdrom

["Thomas C. Smith" <tsmith rcairplanes com>]

The problem arose when you made the cdrom from the iso image.  You just
ended up copying the iso image to the cdrom probably and not the contents of
that file.  Look to your winblowz software for creating a CD from an image
or iso file.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eudes Habambyingwe" <eudes lyxom com>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 1:36 PM
Subject: burning a redhat cdrom


> Hello
>
> I downloaded the file 7.0-i386-disc1.iso..iso and burnt it on a cd (using
a
> favorite windoz burner).
> So when I browse the cd it contains just one (big) file. No wonder I can't
> boot from it. I boot through a boot disk. Then the installation hangs on
the
> message: " I could not find a RedHat Linux cdrom in any of your cdrom
> drives. Please insert the Red Hat CD and press "OK" to retry".
> Now I can look into the big file through
>      mount /mnt/cdrom
>      mount -t iso 9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0
> /mnt/cdrom/7.0-i386-disc1.iso..iso /cd
>      ls /cd
> Only then I can see the normal content of a distribution CD (and make a
boot
> floppy!!)
> What did I do wrong?
> Yes I read the related Howto.
>
> Eudes
>
>
>
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