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Oh.. I would've guessed "Non-DSL Topics" probably under "Linux and Free Software"

Roger that, over.  Thanks.

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There used to be a grub boot floppy floating around here though.

Yeah.  Several boot-floppies, actually, to cover several possible obstacles to booting from CD or USB stick.


Patrick.
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Quote (the Missing M @ Mar. 25 2007,12:20)
So far I've had no luck mounting .ISO or .IMG disk images in Windows or MacOS 9, let alone copying the contents to disk...

What have you done that hasn't worked? And what do you mean by mounting ISOs? Do you mean burning them to CD? It's easy once you understand that an ISO is an entire disk image rather than a file, so copying the ISO file doesn't put the image on the CD (or DVD or floppy).

Yeah, basically a mini-filesystem written out as one long file; an image of a disk, exactly as the name implies.

I guess the simplest way to make a disk image would be to read the entire contents of a disk, sector by sector, and write that to a file.  Probably the least efficient for disk space/bandwidth though, because it would read old data from the free blocks, too.
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See the fourth post down (mine) in this thread if you need step-by-step using one of the easier Windows programs for burning images.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....77;st=0


Thanks, ISO Recorder worked out pretty well.  Interestingly enough, the system still doesn't seem to recognize an .ISO file as anthing in particular.  But it shows up as a right-click menu item, and that's the main thing.


Patrick.
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Thanks, ISO Recorder worked out pretty well.  Interestingly enough, the system still doesn't seem to recognize an .ISO file as anthing in particular.  But it shows up as a right-click menu item, and that's the main thing.
If it's a regular app (that accepts files as a parameter), you can choose the default app with rightclick icon > "Open with..." then check off "Always use[...]" or by explorer > tools > folder options > file types ... etc.
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Thanks, ISO Recorder worked out pretty well.  Interestingly enough, the system still doesn't seem to recognize an .ISO file as anthing in particular.  But it shows up as a right-click menu item, and that's the main thing.
If it's a regular app (that accepts files as a parameter), you can choose the default app with rightclick icon > "Open with..." then check off "Always use[...]" or by explorer > tools > folder options > file types ... etc.

Sorry, my mistake; shows up as a right-click menu item, *and* burns ISOs to CD.

ISO Recodrder's a system-level wizard kind of thing, not an app, so the ISO itself doesn't really need an icon, or a default application to open it.


Patrick.
Quote (the Missing M @ Mar. 27 2007,00:11)
...ISO Recorder worked out pretty well.  Interestingly enough, the system still doesn't seem to recognize an .ISO file as anthing in particular.  But it shows up as a right-click menu item, and that's the main thing.

What version of Windows are you using? Is this the ME thing you said you just picked up? In XP, ISOs show up with their own icon, etc. XP just doesn't have a native application for burning them. I haven't looked (haven't had to boot Windows in a few weeks) to see if there are any new options for burning in the fancy new Windows Media Player, but I would be very surprised if there was anything for burning images.
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ISO Recodrder's a system-level wizard kind of thing, not an app, so the ISO itself doesn't really need an icon, or a default application to open it.

You can still set ISO Recorder to launch when clicking on an icon. Right clicking is easy enough, though, and it's probably the easiest app for burning ISOs (in Windows anyway) I've come across. That said, I haven't tried setting up any CUEs and seeing if or how well it burns them.
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