Redhat wont boot off of CDROM

[Tutlas]

i just finished a greuling 2 days of downloading redhat linux 7.2. welp, now it i cant boot off of the CD... the boot order in bios is set, i used MD5summer to make sure the file wasnt corrupted, so i tried to make a floppy boot disk using RAwrite.exe. when i try to do this it says error, i'm at my wit's end with linux and i just want to get it working =(

 

[poorboy]

what's the error? floppies are bad news, and you might need to try a couple before it works.

 

[briapro]

I am also new to Linux but I think I might know your problem. Once you download the iso files from Red Hat you must write them to a cdrom as an image. If you have EZ cd creator you can find this option under the File menu. I cannot step you through this because I have uninstalled ez cd. In Nero you do this by choosing File> Write CD-Image then follow the promts. Just copying the iso files to a cd rom is not enough. Maybe someone else can be more specific. Good luck.

I didn't do it.

 

[silverpig]

Yeah, the whole "burn as image" deal is pretty important...

Lyrics. Wasted time between solos.

 

[silverpig]

Here's a little more info: Start windows, put the cd in your drive. Open it up. What do you see? If:

1. You see enigma-something-something.iso
You didn't burn it correctly.

2. You see a whole ton of other files.
You burned it right and there's something else wrong.


I'll wait for your answer to this before trying to correct your problem if 2.



Lyrics. Wasted time between solos.

 

[Tutlas]

yeah umm hehe i'm not that retarded, i didnt burn the .iso file to the CD and expect it to boot, when i check up on it in my computer i get like a million different files, and i know the file iso file wasnt corrupted when i burned it cause i did a check on that, i think other people have had thsi same problem, thx for your replies though.

 

[ppnl]

Can you boot of other bootable cd's?

 

[Groundhogster]

Did you try booting to the cd in another computer?

Are you the friend who works on computers?