dear newton ?
>I'm having a problem with the CD images at >http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/Linux/debian-cd/2.1r_0/i386. I have >free internet >access at work so I thought I'd download the images and write them to CD >myself. Because of the way the network is set up I can only use >IE or Netscape to get the images. Using Netscape both the binary images are it is always better to get the images using a ftp program...or thru rsync.. but if u have only http access... (may be thru a proxy ?) then use some program like getright which supports proxies or wget ( for windows /Linux) >enlarged by about 2Mb from the listed size so >censequently the md5sums don't match. IE can't handle the download. The >binary 2 image completed at 404Mb. > What I want to know is, what's causing this 2Mb enlargement. Is it no idea here ...anybody else ? >going to be a problem? What's the best way to write these >images under windows? We had a go yesterday and we just got an .iso file on >a cd rather than an imaged cd. I read the CD image FAQ >and it's not a lot of help. > >2) How do I get this windows software to write the Image files to a CD ? > >change the file extension from .raw to .iso, and your windows sorftware >should be able to see it, and write it. > >What software do people use? hey the CD image FAQ is very clear about this.... to write a cd image thru windows software like Adaptec Easy CD Creator.... select File--> Write CD from Image --> then select the image file... and write !!! simple..... i have done this many times and have had no problems.. cheers venu
