How to burn an ISO so it's bootable?

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Hi guys, i recently downloaded Linux MCE on my mac to use on a PC i have.....the file is an ISO, and im wondering how i burn it to DVD (its 3.7Gb), so that its bootable....i.e. when i put it into my PC and restart, it boots from the DVD and installs the OS. I have toast 8 if this helps, but im not sure how to do this.
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Toast will burn an iso image, just select data and from image file, drag the iso image in and away you go, I would test this out on my toast but its burning some back-ups as we speak
 
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Toast will burn an iso image, just select data and from image file, drag the iso image in and away you go, I would test this out on my toast but its burning some back-ups as we speak

i noticed that toast can do this, but does it then make the ISO bootable? Thanks for your reply.
 
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I should think so, as long as the original ISO image is bootable, it should work to get linux on your pc
 
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ok brilliant will give it a try. thanks for your help, i'll post how it goes soon.
 
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hmmm, this didnt seem to work. the settings in toast allowed me to burn it as a 'CD-ROM' (not a DVD-ROM), but my PC wouldnt boot from it. Magic ISO on the PC identifies the file as 'bootable'....will just have to do some more research i guess.
 
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I did it with Disk Utility. It works just fine!
 
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In Toast 8 use the Copy --> Image File.
 
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You can do it with Disk Utility (Applications>Utilities)

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060619181010389

hi guys, thanks very much for the great replies (sorry about the lateness of my reply) burning it with disk utility as i speak....

another quick question, i've got clamX sentry running in the background and it says it found a virus within the Linux MCE iso. the thing it found was '.exe' so is a windows thing, just wondering why clamx spotted it (or is clamx able to find windows virus' too just to stop us from passing them on unaware?) it was a piece of adware, just the name made me think that it had something to do with the whole package being bootable, so maybe its nothing to worry about.

thanks again,

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First, when you ask a new question, start a new thread. These two things are completely unrelated.

Anyway, yes, the idea is that virus checkers should be able to find viruses for all systems. I can't speak to if it really found a virus.

My policy is that any one I share files with should be running virus checkers. Why should I be loading my machine down with software not required from my system to protect their system. If they are running MS Windows, virus checkers are pretty much mandatory, so they should already be running one.
 

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