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Re: Burning bootable CD with Nero Express 6

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From: Petrushka
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 05:27
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Patrick Dunford wrote:
> Petrushka wrote:
> 
>> Patrick Dunford wrote:
>>
>>> In article <8ipnd05s04rfr7pqv6b3a9db9cgecov887@4ax.com>, 
>>> ghost@gosts.co.au says...
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:44:30 +1200, Patrick Dunford
>>>> <patrickdunford@nomail.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How do I get Nero Express to recognise a .img file extracted with 
>>>>> ISO buster?
>>>>>
>>>>> The only option seems to be to read a floppy disk.
>>>>
>>>> That does not work, look on Google on making a Slipsteam copy of XP  
>>>> SP1  etc,
>>>> has full instructions on how to do this and provide links for the 
>>>> Boot file
>>>> image or how to rip it of a Bootable CD..
>>>
>>> Indeed, and I got all the way through the slipstreaming instructions, 
>>> and found the burning instructions are for the full version of Nero, 
>>> not Nero Express.
>>>
>>> If you don't want to spend additional funds on the full version of 
>>> Nero, it appears the only other cost effective option is to download 
>>> the Win32 port of mkisofs and use that to create the ISO, which Nero 
>>> Express will burn without any problems at all.
>>
>> Or you could just change the extension to .iso and it will burn 
>> perfectly ...
>>
>> Courtesy of the inexhaustible 
>> http://www.google.co.nz/search?&q=%22img+to+iso%22
> 
> So, pray tell me, how do you put a 2.8 MB image onto a 1.4 MB floppy disk?

In my (admittedly limited) experience it's normal for an image file to 
be larger than the sum of the files in the image. Try and see.

-- 
Petrushka | Wellington, NZ
de_meun at yahoo dot com
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