Re: help with Linux and mesh required!

[Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>]

Martin Howell wrote:

> Sorry boys, I am drowning in linux and need some pointers.  I
want to
> try out the Mesh networks software for wireless LANs (discussed here
a
> week ago), and have downloaded the .zip file.  So far so
good.  Its
> supposed to unzip into a file that can be burned on to a CD and
then
> used to boot the PC, thus not loading anything on to the hard
drive.
>
> I've unzipped it using a windows/linux unzipper, and it gives me a
.iso
> file.  Windows can't read it, and linux agrees that it is an
executable
> file, but won't run it.  If I burn it to a CD, the machine won't
boot
> from it.
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?  Does the .iso file need to be
massaged
> before its capable of booting?  I have assumed that it contains a
boot
> system as part of the file, but the PC can't find it if its there.
>
> Any assistance will be most welcome, the ol' brain is starting to
fizz
> and smoke...

You need to tell your writing software that it's an ISO you want to burn
from, not just burn the ISO to disk... :)

In Nero, you do this by going File / Burn Disk from image (or ISO or 
something similar)

>

-- 
Doogie

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