On Monday 29 October 2001 03:18, Scott Henson wrote: > > I'm just curious, what exactly are these files? My own mini-Debian > > installer consists of the following files: > > > > base2_2.tgz > > basecont.txt > > drivers.tgz > > kernel-config > > linux > > rescue.bin [2.88MB floppy version] > > > > It would help newbies with a little bandwidth to burn if somebody > > cooks up an official Internet friendly Debian ISO image. Pop the > > mini CD in. Tick whether you want stable, testing or unstable. And > > voila, an up-to-date Debian system. Defenestrate those half-GB+ > > ISO's. > > I was wondering how you burn all of those onto a cd. I know you cant > copy all of those directly to cd. I was wondering what program you > use to burn them, and is there a Windows98 program that does > something like this as well. Thanks.
I haven't really used Windows lately for anything than viewing Aki's quicktime videos. But there's a free software project, with both binaries (some for MS) and source code, you might want to check out at: http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html >From there you can download a copy of cdrecord and mkisofs. The unix way of putting files onto a CDR/RW is you use (1) mkisofs to make the filesystem you'll burn with (2) cdrecord. There are several unix/linux GUI frontends for the two programs, but I'm not sure if they will run under MS. The one I often use is: http://xcdroast.org -- Sir Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
