DamageG

That worked. Thank you. Debian still won't read the firmware files on the disk but that's another issue. Great program by the way. I've used it for years.

Thanks. That's exactly what I got - splash screen and a beep every time you hit enter.

Here it is... I 08:06:34 Device Ready! I 08:06:37 Operation Started! I 08:06:37 Source Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH50N B104 (D:) (ATAPI) I 08:06:37 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Book Type: DVD-R) (Disc ID: MCC 03RG20) I 08:06:37 Source Media Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 8x, 16x I 08:06:37 Image File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 08:06:37 Image File Sectors: 98,192 (MODE1/2048) I 08:06:37 Image File Size: 201,097,216 bytes I 08:06:37 Image File Volume Identifier: debian I 08:06:37 Image File Volume Set Identifier: 4041404300017F84 I 08:06:37 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.6.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 08:06:37 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 08:06:37 Image File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02) I 08:06:37 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 08:06:38 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 98191) I 08:06:38 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 98191) I 08:07:05 Exporting Graph Data... I 08:07:05 Graph Data File: C:\Users\DamageG\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVD+-RW_GH50N_B104_WEDNESDAY-FEBRUARY-01-2012_8-02_AM_MCC_03RG20_4x.ibg I 08:07:05 Export Successfully Completed! I 08:07:05 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:26 I 08:07:05 Average Verify Rate: 7,855 KB/s (5.7x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 10,351 KB/s (7.5x)

Thanks for your help on this. I burned the disk straight from the downloaded iso and that was no problem. Here is the install iso http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-6.0.4-amd64-netinst.iso Then the drivers are in this file. I'm extracting this to the firmware directory in the above file http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/squeeze/current/firmware.tar.gz

I'm trying to install Debian on an IBM server and have not been able to create a boot disk that loads the install program correctly. I need some non-free drivers and loading them with the USB key confuses the system. What I've tried is to download the net install CD and then extract it into a directory with 7-Zip. Then I extracted the tar ball of non-free drivers into the firmware directory and built a bootable iso. I selected the isolinux image as the boot image and checked the Patch Boot Information Table box. I got the splash screen with the menu but was not able to get it to proceed. If I burn the iso directly without the extraction process, everything works fine. Any ideas?