Creating Multi-boot DVDs

Continued from page: 1

Saturday, October 11, 2003

HTC or HPC?>>>>>>>>>>>>

Creating a simple Bootable DVD

To create a simple bootable DVD with one OS, you need the .img or .bin file. Then you need to dump all the installer files for the OS on your hard drive. Since the capacity of a DVD is large, putting in a single OS would be a waste of space. So you might also want to throw in the installers of software you frequently use.

You can create the bootable DVD using Nero 6, which is the most commonly shipped software with most DVD-Writers. Run the software and select DVD from the drop down menu. Click the DVD boot icon from the list, and on the right panel, you will find the settings for the selected DVD-Rom (boot) option. From the right hand panel, click on the boot tab and select the image file radio button and specify the path for the bootable image file.

You can also select a bootable logical drive if you want to create the bootable DVD from a floppy. Then select the check box Enable Expert settings, set the kind of emulation to No emulation, and the number of loaded sectors to 4. Finally, click the burn tab and click the New button. This will open a window for you to select the content you need to burn. Select all files and folders from the distribution folder and drag it to the ISO compilation window. Then click on the Menu>Recorder>Burn compilation. This will open a window to burn DVD. Click on the Burn button to start the DVD burning process.

Page(s)   1  2