ronnie1107 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hi All, I have downloaded iso files from Sun. Checksums are verified. I used Imgburn to create the cd and placed it into the Sun Ultra workstation and instructed the system to ok boot cdrom I get a reply : Short disk read The file just loaded does not appear to be executable. I don't think I am creating the cd properly. I know it needs to be bootable and I am not sure how to instruct imgburn to make the cd bootable. I know other burn software out there has options to check if you want to create a bootable cd. How is it done in imgburn. I'm tired of wasting media One more thing. Write Mode: BD. What is that? Regards, Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 If you have an ISO file then it's down to the content of that ISO as to whether or not it's bootable. It's nothing to do with ImgBurn. Burning a bootable ISO is no different to burning a normal ISO. If you're BUILDING an ISO in ImgBurn (from random files on your hdd), THEN you have do check a couple of boxes here and there to make the resulting ISO bootable. As for the 'Write Mode' stuff, you should always leave it on auto. If for some reason it doesn't detect the media correctly, then you should manually force it. The options being CD, DVD, HD DVD and BD (BluRay). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnie1107 Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 If you have an ISO file then it's down to the content of that ISO as to whether or not it's bootable. It's nothing to do with ImgBurn. Burning a bootable ISO is no different to burning a normal ISO. If you're BUILDING an ISO in ImgBurn (from random files on your hdd), THEN you have do check a couple of boxes here and there to make the resulting ISO bootable. As for the 'Write Mode' stuff, you should always leave it on auto. If for some reason it doesn't detect the media correctly, then you should manually force it. The options being CD, DVD, HD DVD and BD (BluRay). Is it possible that I am burning the cd and it is being written as a file as opposed to it being burned as an image? Many Thanks, Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Yes, if you're in 'Build' mode instead of 'Write' mode. For burning images you want to be in 'Write' mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnie1107 Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 Yes, if you're in 'Build' mode instead of 'Write' mode. For burning images you want to be in 'Write' mode. Ok. I am at a loss then as I believe I am doing it correctly. I'll keep tinkering. Thanks Again, Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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