HOWTO: Burn an ISO File With K3B.
There are a log of GNU/Linux applications for burning CD/DVDs, but the one I am the most familiar with is K3B. It’s probably installed on your distro already, but if not you can apt-get install k3b, or yum install k3b, or get it here.
If you got here by accident and don’t know what an ISO is, read this explanation.
- You need an ISO file. Download your favourite GNU/Linux distro or other ISO file onto your hardrive.
- Open K3B
- Select Tools -> Burn CD Image (or Tools -> Burn DVD ISO if you’re burning a DVD ISO)
- Click the browse file folder icon beside the Image to Burn field and locate the ISO
- Watch the window below the location field fill with information about the ISO and the MD5 sum get calculated (this is the best part!)
- The rest of the fields in this dialogue box should be fine as default
- Click the Start button
- Get a coffee
Your new distro should be ready to boot!
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dave hull
Sep 27, 2006 at 5:44 pm
hi-i tried using kb3 and followed your instructions right down to the coffee.
this is what came up.
writer does not support buffer underrun free
recording (burnfree)
using cdrecord 2.1.1a04 - copyright (c) 1995-2006 jorg schilling
starting sao writing at 4x speed…
performing optimum power calibration
opc failed. probably the writer does not like the medium.
i’m pretty new at linux and don’t know what
it’s trying to tell me.
thank you, david r. hull
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