Can't read Linux CDs.

[Sylvain Girard]

I thought the cd fs, iso something something, was meant to be read by almost
anything...

On 9/1/06, rpowersau at gmail.com <rpowersau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/1/06, Ed Jabbour <ejbr at comcast.net> wrote:
> > This is very odd.  If I load a live CD of whatever sort,
> > Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc., it won't mount.  Needless
> > to say, they don't boot.  If I insert a Netgear installation CD, it
> mounts
> > and can be read.  Same for the Scrabble game CD, and same for the
> bootable
>
> Are you running windows when you do this? Being able to read a windows
> format cd in windows isn't the same as booting from a cd. I don't
> believe windows can mount the linux iso and read the contents.
>
> Have you put the ubuntu live cd or the knoppix cd into your cd reader
> and rebooted the computer? Is your bios set up for cd booting? Will
> the computer boot from the windows recovery cd?
>
> Did you burn these cds yourself while running windows? If so, were
> they burnt as iso images, not data.
>
> Just some thoughts. HTH
>
>
> > IBM Windoze recovery disc, which does boot.  So, any CD having to do
> with
> > Windoze works; any CD having to do with Linux doesn't.
> >
> > Any hints, pointers, guesses, greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
> >
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>
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> Russ
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Sylvain Girard

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