Creating a CD from an ISO image

An ISO image is a file that can be used to create a CD in ISO-9660
format, which is a CD file structure that can be read by Windows, Mac, and
Linux/Unix systems.

When you download the ISO image use ftp and make sure you get it in
binary format. The default format for many Windows ftp programs is ASCII, not
binary. Netscape downloads default to ASCII, which won't work.

** NOTE **
Before you burn the CD image make sure the cksum and md5sum values match
those on the FTP site.  For linux/unix systems use:

	$ md5sum cd_image.iso
		and
	$ cksum cd_image.iso

Windows users you will need to download and install the GNU text
processing utilities located at:

	http://atnetsend.ne.mediaone.net/~paquette/WinProgramming.html

Once installed follow the directions as listed above.

A difference in the values may be as a result of an incomplete download.  Do
not attempt to burn the CD image unless the values match!

After you have downloaded the image, you have to "burn" it onto the CD
disk.  You cannot copy it onto a disk using Direct CD or other software that
makes the CD disk work like a hard disk that you can just copy files onto. The
most popular Windows software for doing this is Easy CD Creator, though
there are other products that work as well. Check the software that came
with your CD drive.

On Linux systems, you can use CD Record to create the disk.

No matter how you create the CD, make sure you have inserted a blank
disk before you start.

STEPS FOR EASY CD CREATOR ON WINDOWS

1) Double-click on the *.iso file name, which starts Easy CD.
2) Click on OK and the disk will be burned

OR ...

1) Open Easy CD Creator
2) Go to "File"
3) Select "Create CD from disc image..."
4) Set "Files of type:" to "ISO image files"
5) Select the *.iso file name
6) Click on OK and the disk will be burned

STEPS FOR EASY CD RECORD ON LINUX

cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=4,0 openlinux.iso

(get the SCSI bus dev number with "cdrecord --scanbus")

For more information see the CD-Writing HowTo at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html