Help With Iso
 

im getting more than annoyed, evrytime i burn slackware to disc or any other distro it wont boot, yes i have changed the bios to cdrom boot but i keep getting a crap message "Boot failure, please insert system disc and press enter", i use fireburner to burn the disc (i even tried burning at a slow speed) then i change the bios but then all i get is the black screen of death, i need u to tell me what im doing wrong, if i am how can i correct my self?



thnx for any replys
James

You could try to use the boot floppies to load the installer. The instructions are on the cd under rootdisks

What's on the cd you burned Slack to? One big file or directories and files?

Check you are burning the iso correctly (its not a normal file, like an mp3 or a photo, its a disc-amiga and so you need to select a special option in your burning program).

You could also check that your iso file is not corrupt by calculating the md5 checksum and comparing it to the published checksum.

If this doesnt help, try another computer if you have access to one. Maybe the probelm is with your hardware and not with the disc? (cdom drive might need cleaning for example)

Good luck!
Mark Byers.

one big file is on it

You have to burn it as an image not just burn the iso file to the cdrom. What program are you using to burn the file?

oops missed that one, anyway i havent used fireburner but there should be an option like write image or write iso

there doesnt appear to be only "burn", what programs have u used?

Try k3b, you have the option to burn an image with that program.

On windows i used nero on linux i use cdrecord

ok ive downloaded nero, but it requires direct x 9 to run so ive got to download that then i can try it, will tell u what happens ;)

ok the disc works now, thanks guys ;-)