From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K8WW2-0002Pj-IM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:26:10 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K8WW0-0002Ny-EJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:26:09 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=32850 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K8WW0-0002Nt-9Q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:26:08 -0400 Received: from wasp.net.au ([203.190.192.17]:55834) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K8WVz-0003EM-KI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:26:08 -0400 Message-ID: <48577514.3090004@wasp.net.au> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:25:56 +0400 From: Brad Campbell MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Boot Failure (CDROM boot failure code : 0004) References: <874p7tinv3.fsf@alamut.mobiliz.com.tr> <87zlplh68t.fsf_-_@alamut.mobiliz.com.tr> <20080616172649.GP20851@kernel.dk> <200806161849.26294.paul@codesourcery.com> <20080616180027.GQ20851@kernel.dk> In-Reply-To: <20080616180027.GQ20851@kernel.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Jens Axboe wrote: > > The dd image should indeed be bootable, but a burned version of the > image will not be. And copying alone will of course not work. > Actually, I rip all my CD's to .iso using dd and I've never had one fail to boot when I burned the .iso back to a CD. It's a bit for bit copy. Why would it not work? brad@bklaptop2:/media/raid3/isos$ ls *.iso | wc -l 59 Every single image in that directory has been burned to a CD-RW at one point or another and always booted flawlessly. They were _all_ ripped using dd from originals either pressed or burned. Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams