Writing ISO image to a DVD [solved]

[tech291083]

i have just finished downloading fedora core 5 dvd image worth 3.02 gb. but the file seems like a zipped package so can any one please tell me as whether i can write this to a dvd as an iso image or i need to do something else. thanks. i have attached the screenshot to help people understand my question.cheers.

[neddie]

Odd - if you look at the images at http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/ they're all isos. Even via BitTorrent the DVD image is just an iso file. Where did you get this rar from?

And have you tried unpacking the rar to see what's inside? Maybe it's got several CD isos in there?

[tech291083]

well i got it from the same url. i have managed to write this rar file as an iso to a dvd and when i opened the dvd after writing it this is what i can see here is the screenshot. can i just put this dvd into my pc and install fedora linux on it.

[neddie]

Aha, then maybe the real filename is "FC-5-i386-DVD.iso" but you've got Windows Explorer configured to hide the extension "iso" and add a misleading description "WinRAR archive"... So in that case it is an iso after all.

 

It's normally a good idea to check the md5 checksum before you burn, just to make sure there were no errors in the download. But if you've got this far you might as well try booting from it and see what happens!

 

Good luck! :D

[tech291083]

i m not sure how to check the md5 checksum. can you please tell me thanks.

[neddie]

Oops, my bad - I assumed that Fedora would publish the MD5 sums, as that is what I'm familiar with when I've downloaded isos. What I should have said was "it's normally a good idea to check the checksum" because in this case Fedora have decided to publish the sha1 sums instead of the md5 ones.

 

It's a bit of a catch-22 because it's easy to check the sha1 sum from a linux system - you just type sha1sum. However, assuming you've only got windows and you're downloading a linux iso then you would have to find a program somewhere to calculate it.

 

After a bit of googling, this link looks useful, although I've not tried it.

If you used BitTorrent, the chances are already pretty high that it was successful.

 

Did you check the filename of the downloaded file in the File properties of explorer or with a dir command from the console? Is it a .iso?

[tech291083]

thanks for the reply. i have just started the installation and at the moment it seems to be going well. only 30 mins to go. will let you know once the process is over. but again the same question as whether in order to run php pages do i need to use the same default directory as u told me before ie /var/www/html/? appreciate your help.

Edited August 27, 2006 by tech291083

[pmpatrick]

It's the winrar program. Winrar automatically associates all iso files with itself as winrar is capable of mounting and reading an iso file. You can change this default behaviour in winrar or just ignore it and burn the iso file as an image. It is not a winrar archive.

[scarecrow]

Anyway, winrar cannot do any damage to the ISO image, as it accesses it as read-only. So, the association isn't that bad after all, just confusing... :D

[neddie]

Whatever, "hide known file extensions" is a very silly default.

[tech291083]

Hi all,

 

Thanks a lot for the help. Now the newly Fedora 5 seems to be working fine. Since I am quite new to linux world actually only a month old to be honest, i am trying mybest to learn as much as ican through this forum and particularly with the community guys like you. thanks again and keep helping me as i would be back soon with some more hedache for u. Have a nice weekend guys.