Re: Day wasted: Help needed please

[Alan Shields <alan@xxxxxxx>]

I don't have nero on this machine but as far as I remember there was
something like a burn image option on the file menu, this then prompts for
the name of the image file, it will initially be looking for a different
file extension to iso, just change to all files, then you get another
dialog with some meaningless (to me) options, just accept the defaults
here.

One other gotcha, if your spare machine is too old to boot from cd you'll
need to make a boot floppy, instructions for this are on smoothwall's web
site.

Alan Shields
alan@xxxxxxx
On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 11:36  pm, Brian G. Reynolds wrote:

> Okay assuming this ever gets to the list.....am I
> being stupid or what?
>
> I have got the file downloaded but just burning it to a CD will not boot,
> I
> am trying to use Nero but do I need something else?
>
> You say it is an image(?) then should Nero recognise it as such, I tried
> to
> point Nero to it but it did not work.
>
> Sorry to be a pain but I do not understand what the .iso is?
>
> Thanks,
>
> B.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Helliwell [mailto:g0kao@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 01 March 2002 20:58
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Day wasted: Help needed please
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:39 PM
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Day wasted: Help needed please
> >
> >
> > > Thanks Paul, I almost got round tonight to start this....then
> little
> > Sister
> > > rang....and after reading 260 emails......'nother day gone!
> >
> >     I know what you mean I am still trying to keep up with
> > difficulty. could
> > do with trying to setup outlook to show me the messages as threads then
> i
> > can prune the ones not interested in.
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks also to Alan Shields for the advise he posted, ignorant of me
> not
> > > saying thanks earlier!
> > >
> > > If I may, I assume the CD is bootable? seems strange to me, I do
> not
> > > recognise the extension.
> >
> >     The file extension is a standard for ISO format cd's which is why
> you
> > now need to burn the image onto a cd using appropriate program.
> > Once the cd
> > is created it is bootable.
> >
> >
> > > What are the advantages/disadvantages of using this as opposed to a
> > hardware
> > > firewall, apart from the cost? I just feel that I should be doing
> things
> > > properly.
> >
> >     Hardware firewall in theory should be quicker but I am not
> > really aware
> > of any pure hardware ones because they all need some sort of
> > software to be
> > able to run so the idea of using smoothwall should be fine and as
> > its linux
> > based it should also be quite robust, mines been running for 21 days
> now
> > without problem apart from the vagaries of connection ability to bt
> > anytime!!
> >
> >     Cisco make a dedicated firewall box but it is a case of the
> traffic
> > being hardware switched after the software has looked at it to see if
> its
> > valid. A bit over simplified but should explain ok.
> >
> >
> > Regards Paul
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > B.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Paul Helliwell [mailto:g0kao@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 28 February 2002 21:11
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Day wasted: Help needed please
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > First you need to create cd from image that you have downloaded
> using
> > easy
> > > > cd creator or something similar, then from the cd create a
> > pair of boot
> > > > floppies. The second one is used for drivers and would be required
> if
> > you
> > > > install via network. Once the cd created there is some info on but
> I
> > think
> > > > main info is on web site.
> > > >
> > > > Warning -  - -  you will not be able to use pc for anything else
> > > > so only put
> > > > a 250Mb disk in The info says that 100Mb would do but better be
> safe.
> > > >
> > > > boot pc from first floppy and follow prompts which are reasonably
> self
> > > > explanatory..
> > > >
> > > > Shout if you need to
> > > >
> > > >     Regards Paul
 
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