How Do I make floppies from .iso image
I tried burning a bootable CD with an .iso file. It was not booting up, I want to make floppies now.
It is a 20mb .iso file, how do I make a boot floppy. There isn't any other files, just the .iso (It's a Smoothwall firewall distro) What do I need to boot up and have it read the CD-ROM? I just want it to boot bo I may use the CD. Any help is appreciated. |
I forgot to mention it's a windoze box I am trying to rebuild as linux
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You need to read the documentation for making a bootable cd from an iso. The iso is an image file and must be burned as such or it's unbootable.
You should have a utility on the install cd to create the boot floppies. There should be documentation for you to read as well, unless it's the latest one and the documentation is on-line in a link below. How To Check MD5sums On A Linux Iso Image # Cheap CDs Discount Linux CDs Linux Central Cheapbytes TuxCDs ComputerHelperGuy # Redhat links RedHat Linux Manuals Get your mp3 support here Maximum RPM rpmfind Easier software management: apt4rpm - Red Carpet RedHat 8.0 Tips & Tricks # Redhat 7.3 down configuration commands setup leads to several configuration tools # Redhat 7.3 up configuration commands Configure soundcard: redhat-config-soundcard Configure X server: redhat-config-xfree86 Configure network: redhat-config-network # Handling NTFS New Technology FileSystem (NTFS) HOWTOs Linux NTFS project |
I downloaded the .iso from www.smoothwall.org , all there is is the iso image and nothing else, no utilities. I have downloaded it to a Windoze ME machine and have NERO. I tried to burn the ISO, and it was sucessful, however the system will not boot. It looks at the CD-ROM during post, however doesn't boot from it.
I was wondering if there is any tools for windoze that I can use to create boot floppies from the ISO. I don't have a cd-rom on my linux box ( 4 HDD) do using Linux isn't an option. I hope this makes sense. |
Do you happen to have a fat32 partition? If so, I would advise downloading the three iso files for on to that partition and use Red Hat's utility to make a boot floppy.
This guide will work for releases 7.3 up. Installing from a Hard Drive Making an installation boot diskette |
:eek: I don't know about smoothwall, I thought you were using Red Hat.
Perhaps their homepage has instructions such as Red Hat does. All distros do that I have checked out. |
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