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hi kriggo15,

it could be the way you are burning your CD. You have to burn it as a bootable CD image (sometimes called 'ISO image' or 'El-Torrito bootdisk' or ...), not the way you are burning e.g. an MP3 file. I don't know the Roxio, but there should somewhere be an option to burn a bootable CD.

good luck, Jo

Hi,

The burning software I am using is "Nero Express" that came with my CD-RW. Nero express offered several options for burning.

One option given is to burn a "disc image or saved project". Nero says this option is to "record a disc from a (disc image) previously burned on the hard drive".

The other option was under "data" and this option was "bootable data disc". Nero says this option is "to create a special kind of data disc, (El torinto bootable CD) that allows you to boot from the disc when you start your computer, this may be useful for presentations, backups, or system recovery if you want / need to bypass windows."

When I burned DSL on CD, I used the burn "Disc image or saved project" option, and it worked fine. After burning, I just put the CD back in the drive, and then restarted the computer and DSL booted up.

Hope this may help a little.
John

which of the 3 iso's should i burn?

Hello,

I burned the "current.iso" file, and it worked fine. It was somewhere around 49 MB or so in size. The links are posted in this message thread, just look at the previous messages and replies.

John

original here.