Mandrake ISO files run automaitcally?

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gooseme : 12/08/02 06:29 AM : Incident created -   Hi I am very excited about the possability of downloading the Mandrake Linux v9.0 ISO images and burning them onto a CD when the final (stable) version is released. However, I've always installed Mandrake Linux from the CD's that came with the boxed version. They contain the "autorun" file and so installation is basicaly automatic. Do the 3 ISO images available via FTP run automaticaly too?. In other words do I simply download and burn them onto 3 CD's, put the first one into my CD tray and the whole thing just installs automatically -or- do I have to do a bunch of partitioning, checksums, bios stuff, etc?. I'm talking about the files listed below... MandrakeLinux-9.0beta2-CD1.i586.iso MandrakeLinux-9.0beta2-CD2.i586.iso MandrakeLinux-9.0beta2-CD3.i586.iso Thank's again for your kind help people. I already bought v8.0, 8.2 and they both both r-o-c-k!
gooseme : 12/08/02 07:49 AM : More info provided -   Hi again folks Ok, I've been doing some reading and it looks like when you burn the ISO files onto a CD, they extract themselves (sort of like a Windows .ZIP file) and create all the necessary folders and files, etc. At least that seems to be the case from what I'm reading. Am I correct?. - cheers
gooseme : 12/08/02 07:51 AM : More info provided -   Incidentally, I plan to boot from a CD
Linegod_7611 : 12/08/02 08:08 AM : Reply received -   The ISO images, once burned correctly, are the same as the purchased CDs, minus the documentation and commercial software (demos, etc). They _are_ bootable CDs. As a side note, an ISO is simply an 'image' of the CD in it's whole form. You can even mount the ISO as a filesystem using loopback ( mount -o loop image-name.iso /mnt/whatever), and access it without having to burn it. ----- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
gooseme : 12/08/02 08:15 AM : More info provided -   Hi Linegod! Thank's, that was VERY helpful!:). So if I burn an ISO onto a CD, will the file say "ISO" or will the ISO actually extract itself onto the CD and create it's own folders and files?
gooseme : 12/08/02 08:17 AM : More info provided -   ...and what exactly do you mean when you say "burned correctly"?. Is there some special way of "burning" them?. I was thinking that all I had to do was basically copy the ISO file from my hard drive to the CD...Hmmm
Linegod_7611 : 13/08/02 07:54 PM : Reply received -   By 'burned correctly' I mean that you use a CD-R program that understands ISOs (like gcombust or, my favourite, xcdroast). You cannot just 'copy' the ISO directly to a CD-R, it won't work. You can also use the command line if you wish: (from http://linux.ucla.edu/guides/cheatsheet.php3) cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,6,0 the_iso_name.iso Change the value for speed of writing accordingly. The value for dev is scsibus,scsi_id,lun. Very often it will be 0,6,0. However, before you start any burning process, you may want to verify the validity of the ISO with the next two commands. You can do a quick check to see if the iso you downloaded works by mounting it via the loopback driver before you burn the image. You need this compiled into your kernel. mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 [the_iso_image] [your_mount_point] More often than not, there will be a md5sum to verify the validity of your download. Compare the results of the following command to the md5sum on the remote machine. md5sum the_iso_name.iso ---- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
gooseme : 16/08/02 03:13 PM : Incident closed -

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