Linux Blogs2k

Question: After downloading and burning ISO files from Red Hat Network (RHN) why will the system not boot from the first burned CD?

Answer:

First, make sure that you have downloaded the correct files. For each distribution there are binary files and source files. To complete an installation the four binary files for a particular distribution are required.

Simply burning these files to CD as files will result in a single file being burnt to CD with a .iso extension. If this occurs your disks will not be bootable. The files available from Red Hat Network (RHN) are disk images and need to be burned to CD as an image.

Your burning software will extract the files from the .iso and burn them to CD. See your specific burning software documentation for more information on how to burn images to CD.

To check if you have burned each image correctly, simply examine the contents of the CD. Instead of a single .iso file the disk should contain multiple files and directories.

Red Hat’s customer service and support teams receive technical support questions from users all over the world. Red Hat technicians add the questions and answers to Red Hat Knowledgebase on a daily basis. Access to Red Hat Knowledgebase is free. Red Hat Magazine offers a preview into the Red Hat Knowledgebase by highlighting some of the most recent entries. The information provided in this article is for your information only. The origin of this information may be internal or external to Red Hat. While Red Hat attempts to verify the validity of this information before it is posted, Red Hat makes no express or implied claims to its validity.