You use it to create a CDR. This is supported on Windows including by Easy CD Creator. But, I think it's a lot easier to use on linux with cdrecord. Here's how the command to burn the first Redhat installation CDR from its iso image might look in linux: cdrecord -v -speed=12 dev=0,0,0 enigma-i386-disc1.iso Now, isn't that simpler than Easy CD Creator? On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Richard Wells wrote: > I am gonna show my ignorance here. What do you do with a .ISO file once you > download it assuming you want to make an image from a Winblows machine? I > have Slackware 8.0 running but I am thinking about taking a look at RedHat > but my CD burner is still hooked to the Winblows machine. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 3:53 PM > Subject: Re: RH7.2 w/Speakup enabled > > > Hi, Amanda: > > Yeh, I know what you mean about knowing the lingo. Sorry. Didn't mean to > assume in my earlier mail. > > The .iso image files are huge. About 680 mB each, approximately. They're > fully loaded CD ROM images, in other words. > > Yes, you can always (almost) get a listing of files with ftp. Just use ls > or dir. Both work. > > PS: Yes, the disk treadmill moves on as does the cpu speed treadmill. Are > you ready for 300 gB disks in another year or so? > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
