Booting Knoppix

[felixtrio]

Downloaded Knoppix the other day. Opened it with winrar. Burned it to a DVD. Will not boot. Have tried on two different computers with no luck. I am wondering if I have done something wrong. Any suggestions.

Felix

[Matrix]

did you burn the iso as an image?


Of course the answer depends on the individual program you are using to burn CDs, but all common CD-Writing programs should support the option of burning the ISO as an image, you probably just have to find the right menu option. In the burning program, do not drag & drop the ISO into the burning screen. In the windows explorer, do not attempt to decompress the ISO with something like WinRAR or WinZip. You must CHOOSE to burn it as an image. Do not burn it at a fast speed greater than 16X. You must burn it at a very slow speed preferably 4X or 8X. Burn your CDR as a "Single Session CD" or select finalize. The Mode "Disk at once" or "Track at once" should not matter (have a look at the Online-Help of your burning software).

from here...

http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Downloading_FAQ#Q:_I_have_downloaded_the_ISO_file. _How_do_I_burn_the_ISO.3F_How_is_the_ISO_supposed_ to_be_burned.3F

[felixtrio]

I first burned a DVD as it came off the internet. This did not work so I used winrar to unzip it. I then burned a new DVD and still it did not work. I have never used Linix before so I don't know what I should be looking for in the name of file types.

Felix

[sybil]

Burning an iso is different than just straight burning data files to cd or dvd. Look for an option in your burning program to burn an image. When the selection box comes up, look for files as type - iso. Then select the image file you downloaded and burn.

[felixtrio]

Burned the download the way you told me. Guess what, it loaded up fine (so far) and I am using it to make this reply. Thanks for the help.

Felix