Creating an Install CD

[atraub]

By now, you guys are probably looking for a blunt instrument to strike me with, but I have yet another question (please, don't all call me a noob at once, you'll get plenty of opportunities, I promise). Ok, so I downloaded the ISO, and I extracted its' conetents and put the contents on a cdr. I restarted my computer and chose boot from a cd, but it didn't boot from the cd, it merely went right back into my current OS. I'm betting I missed a step and that it's posted plainly somewhere, if not here, somewhere. I'm sorry if it is and I didn't find it before I posted this. Think someone could give me a hand?

[DaddyX3]

By now, you guys are probably looking for a blunt instrument to strike me with, but I have yet another question (please, don't all call me a noob at once, you'll get plenty of opportunities, I promise). Ok, so I downloaded the ISO, and I extracted its' conetents and put the contents on a cdr. I restarted my computer and chose boot from a cd, but it didn't boot from the cd, it merely went right back into my current OS. I'm betting I missed a step and that it's posted plainly somewhere, if not here, somewhere. I'm sorry if it is and I didn't find it before I posted this. Think someone could give me a hand?

Firstly - Ultimate is to large for a cdr, it should be burned to a DVD
Second - no need to extract files before burning to disk. .iso is a disk image, just burn straight to disc - "as-is"
Third - You should burn the .iso image using the slowest speed on your burner.
Blah, Blah, Blah - You must set up boot priority in BIOS to boot from CD fist , Hard drive 2nd., ect. otherwise your computer will not boot from CD first. (I think by default most computers are set to default to Optical drives first, so this shouldn't be an issue). hope this helps.

[atraub]

wow thanks for your help! I really like you guys, you don't flame people for their ignorance.

To be honest, my definition of a noob has always been someone with little knowledge on a subject but passes themselves off as an expert; haha a crime you'll never get the chance to accuse me of =).

[DaddyX3]

wow thanks for your help! I really like you guys, you don't flame people for their ignorance.

To be honest, my definition of a noob has always been someone with little knowledge on a subject but passes themselves off as an expert; haha a crime you'll never get the chance to accuse me of =).

I'm Sorry, maybe you were refering to this? : http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_CD/
If so, I'm sorry for missleading you. All the same still applies however with install, burning, ect.

[atraub]

Haha sorry? whaddya mean? Your first post answered my question perfectly! I can't thank you enough for clearing that up, I was majorly overcomplicating it!

[drama]

something to remeber although it probobally seems obvious. you also cant simply drop the .iso on the disc and burn it like its a file. if you did this you would end up with a disc that of course just has the .iso file on it. it needs to be burnt as a image. some software call it "burn disc image: others iso image, yet others call it cd/dvd image. not sure what os you use but if your on windows there are quite a few decent ones that do this (not all burning software does images though). nero and roxio are just a few of the ones that do allow it. i mention these because im almost positive the integrated winxp burning utility doesnt do it i think it just burns the file on disc (not sure of vista or mac os since i dont use them).

[atraub]

something to remeber although it probobally seems obvious. you also cant simply drop the .iso on the disc and burn it like its a file. if you did this you would end up with a disc that of course just has the .iso file on it. it needs to be burnt as a image. some software call it "burn disc image: others iso image, yet others call it cd/dvd image. not sure what os you use but if your on windows there are quite a few decent ones that do this (not all burning software does images though). nero and roxio are just a few of the ones that do allow it. i mention these because im almost positive the integrated winxp burning utility doesnt do it i think it just burns the file on disc (not sure of vista or mac os since i dont use them).

It may sound obvious, but I did exactly that!!! Thanks for the extra info! I like to think I'm computer saavy given that I did work for my school's ITS department and I'm building a record keeping system for them via C#, but here I am being ditsy. I thought to myself, for guys so smart I'm surprised they can make such a simple mistake, this 300MB iso is nothing for my 700MB cdr Thank you thank you!

[DaddyX3]

something to remeber although it probobally seems obvious. you also cant simply drop the .iso on the disc and burn it like its a file. if you did this you would end up with a disc that of course just has the .iso file on it. it needs to be burnt as a image. some software call it "burn disc image: others iso image, yet others call it cd/dvd image. not sure what os you use but if your on windows there are quite a few decent ones that do this (not all burning software does images though). nero and roxio are just a few of the ones that do allow it. i mention these because im almost positive the integrated winxp burning utility doesnt do it i think it just burns the file on disc (not sure of vista or mac os since i dont use them).

It may sound obvious, but I did exactly that!!! Thanks for the extra info! I like to think I'm computer saavy given that I did work for my school's ITS department and I'm building a record keeping system for them via C#, but here I am being ditsy. I thought to myself, for guys so smart I'm surprised they can make such a simple mistake, this 300MB iso is nothing for my 700MB cdr Thank you thank you!

It dawned on me after words, but by him "extracting all the files" on the first attempt, my guess is that atraub is using Vista, because vista makes a WinZip icon show up instead of an .iso (or disc icon) icon. Its pretty easy to get confused, if you haven't burnt any .iso before. Vista by the way will burn .iso images right out of the box with no 3rd. party software, but it gives you the wrong impression of what type of file it is by "icon confussion"

[atraub]

It dawned on me after words, but by him "extracting all the files" on the first attempt, my guess is that atraub is using Vista, because vista makes a WinZip icon show up instead of an .iso (or disc icon) icon. Its pretty easy to get confused, if you haven't burnt any .iso before. Vista by the way will burn .iso images right out of the box with no 3rd. party software, but it gives you the wrong impression of what type of file it is by "icon confussion"

Actually I'm using an older version of ubuntu right now, it doesn't have much on it but it gets the job done lol. It does show the iso as a package though.

[atraub]

Haha I'm hopeless. I left my computer running all night to download 1.5 Ultimate and now that I finally have it, I can't do anything with it lol. This comp doesn't have a dvd burner. My memory stick is out, it only has 1 gig. I tried to use my roommate's portable hard drive, but it's not showing up on my computer, it's a WD. Finally, I tried to connect my laptop to a Mac Powerbook via ethernet cable to see if I could transfer it that way... long story short, I am looking forward to my networking class in the Fall cause I can't make work happen either. gah... any suggestions? I really don't want to do one of the uglier solutions such as e-mailing it to myself lol.