Why Wont Linux Burn to Disk Correctly?

Question

I Downloaded Linux Mint and im trying to make it a bootable disk so i can run it as a live CD. I have wasted 4 CDs trying to burn it correctly but it will not open the file and run. Ive made the Disk Bootable, ive followed the Tutorials Exactly but it wont work. Help?

Answer 1

What do you mean by "it will not open the file and run"? After burning the .iso as a bootable Live CD you don't "open" it. You put it in your CD drive and restart your PC. If your PC is set to boot from the CD drive it will automatically boot up and run off of the Mint Live CD.

I have burned a lot of Linux Live CD's and have never had a problem using ImgBurn to burn it and Winmd5Sum to check the md5 hash. Here are links to get both. They are both free.

http://www.imgburn.com/

http://www.nullriver.com/products/winmd5...

After you download the .iso file just run it through WinMd5Sum to get the md5 hash. You compare this to the md5sum posted on the download site. If the md5's don't match the file may be corrupted. It just saves you from burning a corrupt download and wasting a disc. Or worse yet, borking an install!

If the md5 is OK then just fire up ImgBurn and either drag and drop or browse to the .iso you downloaded and select burn. The default settings in ImgBurn should work fine except for the burn speed which you should set to 4x or as close to 4x as your burner will get.

Answer 2

1) Check the md5sum

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answ...

If md5sum does not match to the one given on their website, the iso is damaged. You will have to download the iso again.

2) Try another burning software. I use ImgBurn on windows, and its interface is pretty much straight forward. Choose the option "write image to disc". Burn at slowest speed possible.

http://www.windowsreference.com/wp-conte...

3) Make sure your BIOS settings are set to boot from CD first, before the HD.

If it still doesn't boot, I'll blame it on faulty CD writer...

Answer 3

you have to burn at the slowest possible speeds which is 2x if you do it any higher on live cd it will skip the data also wherever you downloaded it make sure you check the md5 hash to make sure you downloaded the whole thing