Ok i have wasted three blank cd's :( How to i burn the debian iso image to a cd and make it so its bootable? I downloaded debian-40r3-i386-netinst.iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd... and i tried to just burn as data didnt work i have an option in roxio to burn an image as bootable and tried that and still nothing it wont boot from cd :( when i tried to burn as bootable cd from roxio and boot from the CD it said missing OS error as data it said not bootable or some kind of error :( so what do i choose to make the .iso image bootable? Or if i have to do something else with the iso image please let me know Learning in progress..........

I do not use Roxio here, but it should have an option to burn a disk from an image or make a disk from an image Just Googled roxio and found that you Record Cd from CD image on another forum (link not included here). HTH, Ernie Registered Linux User 247790

Deepburner free has an option to burn iso files. http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download Before posting try google. Backup. Use anti virus software.

What really goes on when you "burn iso" How is it any different than regular data? I know that making a bootable disk requires putting some file on there (i forgot the name) the gets recognized at bootup. But it does not seem burn cd from image would do this why does this work>? Ok and one more question i made a couple movies on m disk iso dont ask me why but i did how can i make them back into regular files so i can play them? Or how can i play them? Learning in progress..........

Dvd shrink can convert iso files to dvd http://www.softpedia.com/progDownlo... Dvd decrypter is another free program. I think it converts dvd's to iso. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/v... Fairuse http://fairusewizard.com/lang_en/fa... converts dvd to divx, I think it also converts iso movies to divx. Offhand, I can't remember how to use them, google for info. They are all free. Before posting try google. Backup. Use anti virus software.

What really goes on when you "burn iso" The contents of the iso image is burnt to the CD track for track, sector for sector. How is it any different than regular data? Regular data is burnt to the disk file for file, starting with the first available data sector on the first available track without regard to its original position on the source media. I know that making a bootable disk requires putting some file on there (i forgot the name) the gets recognized at bootup. But it does not seem burn cd from image would do this why does this work>? An iso image file is a snapshot of a disk. If the disk used to create the iso image was bootable, the disk you burn using the iso image will be bootable as well, so thee is no need to "make the disk bootable". The operative term in the name iso image file is image. An image of a disk is a faithful record of the original, byte for byte, track for track, and sector for sector. The difference between burning a disk from an iso image and burning an iso image file to a data disk is that when you burn a disk from an iso image, you burn the contents of the image to the disk and when you burn an iso image file to a disk as data, you burn the iso image file itself. HTH, Ernie Registered Linux User 247790

That was a very detailed answer, exactly what i was looking for. You should be a teacher Learning in progress..........