Hello Jianan!

Jianan Huang wrote:
> [...]
> to have a CD copy in case of disk crash. So I downloaded a binary-1
> image and burned a CD with it. The CD shows one 500+ MB file with a
> .iso extension.
> [...]
> Why isn't it a Debian CD? Have I downloaded the image with the wrong
> format?

Probably you have written the CD the wrong way. The ISO contains a
whole filesystem and shouldn't be written as a file.

Read the "FAQ about Debian CDs" for further clarification, especially
the part at
http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#record-unix

HTH,
Flo


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