Home » Questions » Computers [ Ask a new question ]

Ubuntu Live CD VS standard data CD

Ubuntu Live CD VS standard data CD

I have been trying to convert a laptop over to using Ubuntu 9.04 but I was unable to write (with Instant CD and InfraRecorder) the ubuntu 9.04 ISO file to CD (a question I will pose another time) so I just wrote the data in the ISO file to a CD and hoped it would boot.

Asked by: Guest | Views: 254
Total answers/comments: 2
Guest [Entry]

"Burning the ISO to disk with the ""burn from image"" function of CdBurnerXP or ImgBurn or any other tool is different from copying the ISO to the disk. Basically an ISO file is a bunch of data packaged up with instructions on how to turn that data into a bootable disk. The ""burn from image"" parts of the aforementioned apps unpack the data and follow the instructions to create the final disk. What you did was just copy the data and all its instructions onto a disk.

It's like the difference between a typed manuscript with formatting marks and a completed, fully-bound book."
Guest [Entry]

If you can boot from a thumb drive I would take a look at http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ it works very well especially if the CD is giving you problems.