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goorioles747   07-20-2006 at 03:40:58 PM

I am trying several distros of linux and am having trouble creating a live cd. I downloaded the isos of ubuntu and another distro and burned them to a cd, restarted and nothing, just windows. I have a 2 year old knoppix official live cd that boots halfway fine (before being unable to continue due to scratches). And, by Isos are ok because they boot in qemu.

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bmouring   07-20-2006 at 05:19:46 PM
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Two quick questions here:

1) Did you make sure to burn the isos as an image file and not just burn the .iso file to a cd? Open the cd and make sure there's a file structure there.

2) Did you make sure to set your PC's BIOS to boot from CD?

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goorioles747   07-20-2006 at 06:30:14 PM
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1) I also tried using cdburnerxp pro as suggested by the ubuntu site. No luck
2) Yes, I set the boot order correctly because my old knoppix cd worked

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bmouring   07-20-2006 at 07:05:08 PM
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Right, sorry I missed that part about the old Knoppix disc. If they're burned properly (which it sounds like you have) and the BIOS is set to boot from cd before any hard disks (which you've done) I am at a loss here.

Try to boot it on a spare/friends machine to ensure the burn is good is the next thing I'd suggest.

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goorioles747   07-20-2006 at 09:31:16 PM
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the other thing is that when i look at the contents of the knoppix live cd, there is a flurry of other files other than the iso many of which are named live cd and the such.

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bmouring   07-20-2006 at 10:02:29 PM
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Ummm, wait what? Can you be a little more specific or post a screenshot?

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goorioles747   07-20-2006 at 11:19:32 PM
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in the main directory there is a 680 mb file that would presumably be the iso, but it is called livecd (clipboard clip)
here are the rest of the files:
boot (security catalogue)
initrd (winrar)
isolinux (BIN)
isolinux (CFG)
livecd (MSG)
livecd (LSS)
mediacheck (unknown)
vmlinuz

Those are the other files all of which are in a folder called isolinux (parenthases indicate filetype)

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bmouring   07-21-2006 at 02:46:07 AM
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Hmm, it seems like that's not right, but I'm going to download the ubuntu livecd and check it out. Something seems out of place there, but maybe the livecd file is the compressed stuff needed for the livecd environment.

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bmouring   07-21-2006 at 05:09:37 AM
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Yeah, the layout of Ubuntu is much different from what you posted.
[code:1:4886688507]the-uberbeast dvdrw # ls -lh /mnt/dvdrw/ total 655K
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 222 May 30 23:16 README.diskdefines
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 42 May 28 12:36 autorun.inf
dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 6.0K May 28 12:34 bin
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 casper
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 2.0K May 28 12:34 disctree
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 dists
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 install
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 10K May 30 23:16 isolinux
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 28K May 30 23:16 md5sum.txt
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 pics
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 pool
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 preseed
dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 2.0K May 28 12:34 programs
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 367K May 22 16:02 start.bmp
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 38K Nov 17 2003 start.exe
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 95 Jun 29 2005 start.ini
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 May 30 23:16 ubuntu -> .
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 189K May 28 12:36 ubuntu.ico
//NOTE: This is only the base directory, all listings with a
//d as the first letter are directories, e.g. "programs" [/code:1:4886688507]

Not to insult your intelligence, just want to try to figure this out. You burned the iso in the method described here, correct?

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   07-21-2006 at 09:42:12 AM
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ISORecorder may work better

http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com [...] rV2RC1.msi

http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/HowTo.htm


Or if you have access to a Linux box:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/sof [...] 30767.html


vmlinuz is the linux kernel btw and initrd is the initial RAMDisk



:-D

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goorioles747   07-21-2006 at 03:52:48 PM
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Quote :

Yeah, the layout of Ubuntu is much different from what you posted.
[code:1:7d39a60dde]the-uberbeast dvdrw # ls -lh /mnt/dvdrw/ total 655K
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 222 May 30 23:16 README.diskdefines
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 42 May 28 12:36 autorun.inf
dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 6.0K May 28 12:34 bin
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 casper
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 2.0K May 28 12:34 disctree
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 dists
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 install
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 10K May 30 23:16 isolinux
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 28K May 30 23:16 md5sum.txt
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 pics
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 pool
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 preseed
dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 2.0K May 28 12:34 programs
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 367K May 22 16:02 start.bmp
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 38K Nov 17 2003 start.exe
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 95 Jun 29 2005 start.ini
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 May 30 23:16 ubuntu -> .
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 189K May 28 12:36 ubuntu.ico
//NOTE: This is only the base directory, all listings with a
//d as the first letter are directories, e.g. "programs" [/code:1:7d39a60dde]

Not to insult your intelligence, just want to try to figure this out. You burned the iso in the method described here, correct?



Yes, I followed those steps. The reason those files are different is because those files I posted are for my knoppix live cd that worked. My ubuntu simply has the iso file in it.

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   07-21-2006 at 04:34:38 PM
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Quote :

Yeah, the layout of Ubuntu is much different from what you posted.
[code:1:ad29f25adc]the-uberbeast dvdrw # ls -lh /mnt/dvdrw/ total 655K
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 222 May 30 23:16 README.diskdefines
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 42 May 28 12:36 autorun.inf
dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 6.0K May 28 12:34 bin
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 casper
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 2.0K May 28 12:34 disctree
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 dists
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 install
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 10K May 30 23:16 isolinux
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 28K May 30 23:16 md5sum.txt
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 pics
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 pool
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K May 30 23:16 preseed
dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 2.0K May 28 12:34 programs
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 367K May 22 16:02 start.bmp
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 38K Nov 17 2003 start.exe
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 95 Jun 29 2005 start.ini
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 May 30 23:16 ubuntu -> .
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 189K May 28 12:36 ubuntu.ico
//NOTE: This is only the base directory, all listings with a
//d as the first letter are directories, e.g. "programs" [/code:1:ad29f25adc]

Not to insult your intelligence, just want to try to figure this out. You burned the iso in the method described here, correct?



Yes, I followed those steps. The reason those files are different is because those files I posted are for my knoppix live cd that worked. My ubuntu simply has the iso file in it.



Then it was not recorded properly by the software.

Please use ISOrecorder, a Linux CDRecording tool or make sure your recording software is set to record the ISO image to the CD as an image instead of just burning the data file onto the CD.

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bmouring   07-21-2006 at 11:56:11 PM
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Yeah, if there's just the ISO then it hasn't been recorded properly

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A1e3m   08-22-2006 at 01:22:14 AM
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Download and use MagicISO, u can download it as a trial....
mount the ISO image and just click Burn It!
If u use something like Nero or what not, u open nero, go to Recorder>Burn Image...Mount the ISO and Burn!
If u do that and that doesnt work, then u have either a Bad cd problem, lol, or u are in a deep need for a new computer...lol..

Hope this helps

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goorioles747   08-22-2006 at 01:25:43 AM
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i tried again using cdburnerxp and it boots into linux now, but it is so messed up. (ununtu) there is no text next to any icons and nothing works, no programs start or anything, it is completely useless. what is the problem now :oops:

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A1e3m   08-22-2006 at 01:37:32 AM
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How much Memory are u running?
Linux live distros need at least 256 MB i believe....
If u have 2 drives, try puttin the CD in the other drive and reboot. Remember to make that drive Start up first in the bios

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bmouring   08-23-2006 at 02:53:27 AM
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That is very odd. I would re-download the iso and the md5 checksum and verify the image. You can verify the image with this method.

Also, what are the system specifics? There may be some poorly supported/not supported hardware in your system causing these issues.

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