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If you download Ubuntu, you need to burn the ISO file to a cd. This howto explains howto do that in Ubuntu, Mac OS X and Windows XP/2K. If this looks too complicated, GettingUbuntu lists other methods.

Ubuntu

Note: When you put a blank CD in the drive, a "CD/DVD Creator" file browser will pop up automatically. Close this browser. The following instructions do not use it.

To burn an .iso image onto CD obviously you will need a working CD/DVD burner. To write the image is very simple.

• Click on the Computer menu at the top of the screen and select Home, this should be the first thing in the menu.

• Find the .iso image in the file browser that has just appeared.

• Right click on the .iso and select Write to Disc... (about 3/4 of the way down the menu) and follow the instructions.

Mac OS X

To burn most isos, you can use Apple's Disk Utility (Disk Copy in older versions). However, there are some CDs that will not burn with Disk Utility (warty ppc, for example). For these, you need another piece of burning software, listed below.

Using Disk Utility:

• Launch Disk Utility (Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility)

• Drag the ISO to the sidebar of the Disk Utility main window.

• Select the iso where you just dragged it, and choose (Menu->Image->Burn...)

• Insert a cdr and press "burn."

Using Disk Copy:

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Using Firestarter FX (avaliable at http://www.projectomega.org/subcat.php?lg=en&php=products_firestarter ):

• Open Firestarter.
• If you can burn anything with Apple's tools (Disk Utility, Disk Copy, Finder), then you can leave the defaults at the setup screen. If not, you might have to play with your driver settings, try the defaults first though.
• Choose the "Burn Image" tab.
• Click "Open" for the image file box and choose your iso.
• Click "Burn."

Windows XP

1. Download the correct ISO. GettingUbuntu has more information on this

2. Verify the ISO

3. Download and install the following tool [http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/Beta.htm ISO Recorder]

4. Allow the software to associate with ISOs
5. Right click on the ISO and click "Copy image to CD"
6. You may want to lower the burn speed to 8x (for a more reliable burn)

Windows 2K

[http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/Beta.htm ISO Recorder] doesn't work on windows2K and here is the alternative method

1. Download the correct ISO. GettingUbuntu has more information on this

2. Verify the ISO

3. Download and install the following tool [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/download.php?latest CD Burner]

4. Open File -> "Write disk from iso file" and then choose the iso

5. You may want to lower the burn speed to 8x (for a more reliable burn)

Comments

I'm using cdrecord for Cygwin on Windows/2K with good results. If anyone is interested I'd be glad to google up the link or provide more information. Another link to add is the one to the coasterless CD burning HOWTO. -- JamesStansell 2005-10-20

After step 1 (on WindowsXP/2K) to be sure the download file is the same with one from downloaded site you can check the MD5 sums with this tool [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wxchecksums/wxChecksums-1.2.0-installer.exe?download WxChecksums] Drag and drop iso file into application window

• -- Mariuz 2005-11-29

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