RE: [PCTECH] Knoppix

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You don't write an iso image to CD in the same way as you do a regular 
file. You could, but it would not work as you want it to. An iso image is a 
bytewise copy of the actual CD. Burning software like Roxio or Nero can 
write these bytes to a CD.

This kind of image is what is used by the virtual CD, image catalog 
technology on V5R2 and up. You could not easily (if at all) run a Knoppix 
image on an iSeries, but you could see its contents through a virtual 
optical device.

Vern

At 04:49 AM 11/5/2004, you wrote:
> > You want to find a .ISO file - this is a disk image file.
> >
> > I think this is the one you want for Knoppix, from the Purdue mirror
> > ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.4-2004-05
> > -17-EN.iso
> >
> > Then, open your CD burner software and find the way to burn from a
> > DISK IMAGE file.  Then you will be prompted to find the .ISO file that
> > you downloaded.  It will burn a CD that can then be booted into
> > Knoppix.
>
> Are you saying you don't actually burn this file onto a CD?
>
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