15 Jun
2007
15 Jun
'07
10:37 a.m.
On Thursday 14 June 2007, Rod Smallwood wrote:
If I want to build a Linux system I go to a
distribution site (one
of many), download an .iso image, burn it into a standard 600Mb CD,
boot the CD and create a system. No funny block sizes, no odd file
extensions and no special SCSI drives. So what can I not do this for
VMS without the pantomime? A step by step known to work checklist
would be a start.
It works EXACTLY the same with an image of a VMS install CD.
The problems you're having probably relate to certain brain-dead Windows
software that assumes that a .img file isn't something it knows how to
deal with.
The easiest thing to try would be to try renaming the image to .iso, and
try burning that with Nero.
If that doesn't work, download a copy of cdrecord, read the manual, and
use it to burn a cd. Being a UNIX app, cdrecord doesn't have any
brain-dead assumptions on what filename extensions mean (ie, it trusts
the user to be intelligent, unlike most Windows software).
Pat
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