Can't get Ubuntu booted when trying to install it.

Mr.Jack · 02-19-2007, 04:45 PM

I don't Know. It had a WinRar logo on it and it said that it was a WinRar Archive. Maybe I just have incredibly smart computer

Mr.Jack · 02-19-2007, 05:08 PM

I don't Know. It had a WinRar logo on it and it said that it was a WinRar Archive. Maybe I just have incredibly smart computer

Duck2006 · 02-19-2007, 06:50 PM

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Curiousity lingers: How do you decompress an .iso file---why wouldn't the program complain about wrong file type or something?

Just run WinRAR and tell it where to extract to and it will, but what for i don't know.

greengrocer · 02-19-2007, 10:05 PM

@ pixellany,

WinRAR does allow you to open and browse an ISO file (which is one of the reasons why I prefer WinRAR over WinZIP, that is when I used to use Windows).

So I can see how he probably managed to burn the CD ROM by extracting the files out of the ISO.

Regards,
Greenie

Hoyeru · 02-20-2007, 03:20 AM

you can decompress an iso file easily. just click on it and if it(.iso) is associated with Winrar, WinRar will open it up. I just tried this with a Mandrake, sorry Mandriva iso and sure enough WinRAR did open it up

pixellany · 02-20-2007, 08:51 AM

So the problem was caused by using Windows tools....

Does Winrar really decompress--or just extract from .iso?

Duck2006 · 02-20-2007, 04:11 PM

I think is only extracts it, as i have extracted an ISO and the extracted folder was the same size as the ISO file.