[techtalk] nubie help with bootable iso images

[paul.hardacre at btinternet.com]

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>I'm limited to trying to do this on a Win2K box, so...
>
>I've downloaded the two rh7.0 iso's, and I've burned 
the first one to a >cd.  I followed my burning software 
(nero)'s instructions for burning iso >images specifically, 
pretty straightforward. Now I have a cd with >7.0-respin-
disc1.iso on it.  Hmmm.  It seems to me that I should 
be able >to see the normal install files - the boot.img, 
dosutils.redhat, etc.  It >also seems to me that this cd 
should be bootable.  I've read and re-read >everything 
I can think of, but most of the docs I've found discuss 
doing >this from an existing linux box, not from the 
Windoze platform.  Is there >some magic step I'm 
missing? Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks!

Ok.. Sounds to me like you've created an ISO image 
containing the ISO image.. The method you need to 
use is File->Burn Image.. This should pop up a browse 
dialog.. Select all files as the type and find your .iso 
file. Clicking on open or whatever the button says 
should present you with a "Burn foreign image" dialog.. 
You should be safe accepting the defaults here (I've 
never had to change them in the past). Then you'll get 
the standard Write CD dialog.. Click burn and wait for 
your CD to pop out.. Any questions don't hesistate to 
get back to me.. I've done all my burns through Nero 
here at work on our NT server and the only probs I've 
had with them apart from figuring out how to do it was 
that the NT server wasn't an ideal place to put the 
burner.. LOL.. :)

Hope that helps,

Paul