Re: Learning BDI Emc - Outputs

[Jack Ensor <jensor-at-qis.net>]

Bill -

Hey - thanks, that's good info.  Too bad that detail wasn't mentioned
on the download instructions.

The software I am using is Adaptec Easy CD Creator and I see an
option to create CD from disk image.  So I suppose that's what I need
to do.

So stand by we'll get there.  Thanks again.

Jack Ensor


William Scalione wrote:
> 
> OK, just hang in there we'll get you through this. It can be fustrating
> sometimes. I know, I went through it before.
> 
> First of all what software are you using to burn the CD?
> 
> In your windows machine, put the CD you just burned in and
> open it up. Do you see a bunch of directories (folders) and
> some files or is there only one file named bdiemc-2.11-01.iso
> If the latter, you only ended up copying the image file to the
> CD which will NOT work. An image file is sort of like a zip file,
> containing all the info to recreate an exact copy of the CD all
> contained in one file. The original CD may have contained
> 10,000 files but the disk image will only be one file and it needs
> to be properly 'decoded' to get those files back on the disk in
> the proper order in the proper directories.
> 
> Here is a quote from WinImage software.
> "A disk image is a file which is an exact and complete image of a
> floppy disk (or CD). The image contains information on the disk
> format and structure, such as FAT, boot sector, directories,
> and all files."
> 
> If when you look at the disk, if you see all of the files and directories
> and it won't boot let me know, and I will burn one and send it off to
> you if you wish.
> 
> Bill
> 
> >
> > Bill-
> >
> > I did as you directed me to and got the cd burned with the new
> > extension of .iso on its  name.  I then tried to boot on it in my
> > linux machine and still get a boot failure.  Is this supposed to boot
> > it or how does one use this to install the bdiemc-2.11?  Maybe I just
> > have a bad copy.
> >
> > Jack Ensor