My computer is capable of bootng from CD.I have burned .Iso image of Slax Linux on cd but it not boots. Why?

Question

I have burned .ISO file of slax linux on CD and my computer is capable of booting from CD.But when I try to boot from it it does not boot . I have even extracted files from .ISO cd image and then burned these files on another CD but even though its not booting.Also my computer has 256 MB of RAM . How can i boot from it ?

Answer 1

An ISO file is a disc image. You need a software utility that supports burning from a disc image for it to make a bootable CD, and Windows CD burning doesn't support that. Nero or Roxio do, or if you want something free, look for Astonsoft's Deepburner free edition online. Here is a link.



http://www.deepburner.com/



Download the free version, and burn your iso image to a CD, THEN try booting it. The software needs to support burning ISO 9660 images to disc, as they are compressed and if you just copy the file the computer doesn't read it without the decompression software that needs an OS to be running before it works. Good Luck! Linux is fun, but challenging.

Answer 2

Okay, there could be a few things wrong here let's start with burning an ISO image. Burning an ISO image isn't as simple as grabbing your favorite burning program and burning the file. No no no there's a certain way it must be done, but hey rather than doing all the work for you, why not have another program do it for you? When burning an ISO i use DvdSanta. Now this isn't a free program but the trial version does allow you to burn ISO images.



http://www.dvdsanta.com/



Now, the second thing that could be wrong is your boot order in your BIOS. Depending on your motherboard there's a different button you must hold when your computer is booting up to bring up your BIOS. Normally it will flash real quick which button that is but not always. Usually its somthing like ''f10'' or ''del'' do what ya gotta do to get into your BIOS. Now once then either in your basic or your advanced controls (i've seen it in both) look for your boot sequence. It might be called ''boot priority'' or ''primary boot sequence'', but you get the basic idea of what you're looking for. Essentially you want that set to check first your CD drive, second another CD drive (if you have another CD drive if not your floppy drive), and third your harddrive. The Reasoning behind this is so that when you got some fancy new OS on a CD you can simply put it in and go from there when you start up, or so when you crash your computer and need to put in a boot up disk you can simply pop it in and start it up. The Hard Drive goes last simply because the other one's will only be used in the begining if there's something you're trying to do. Don't worry if you accidentally leave your favorite Lamb of God CD in there it's not going to give you Windows: Lamb of God edition, and if you accidentally leave a floppy in your floppy drive, well it'll politely ask you to remove it. Whether you do it or not is completely up to you but it would most definitely halt your computing experience. I hope my answer solves your problem, if not, and if you have any other questions feel free to email me at [e-mail]

Answer 3

Try bioting from a another bootable CD and see it works well and good or rewrite again the CD and see even if the same problem occures then what you do is change the CD ROM because some of the old CD Rom dosent support the ISO boot image Cd's.

Answer 4

First checkout your CD and make sure it is working properly. If it is then go to your BIOS ( press delete when starting up or press a key your computer tells you to ) and find your boot settings. Then adjust your boot device priority so that your CD-rom is first. That should fix it

Answer 5

Maybe you haven't set your first boot device as CD/DVD. Try doing that

Answer 6

Unfortunately, without knowing more precisely what the error is, can't be of much help.