Re: Day wasted: Help needed please

["David Buckley" <db@xxxxxxx>]

nero quite happily burns ISO format CDs.

The instructions are in the help file.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: tex.com.ml.ukha_d
Sent: 04 March 2002 23:36
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Day wasted: Help needed please


> 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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