John Heinen wrote:
James Knott wrote:
John Heinen wrote:
When I download a file, any file, where does "iso" come in? Is that a file or program that expedites the download off a program or file and burn it automatically to a dvd?
An "ISO" file is normally a CD or DVD image, which is then used to burn your own disk. Also note that you burn directly from the ISO. You do not just copy the file to the CD or DVD. In Linux, you can also loop mount the ISO image and have it appear as a regular directory, so that you can access the contents, without actually making a physical copy.
Thanks James, An ISO file or cd/dvd/ image to burn to my own disk, isn't that the same as to copy?
No. When people talk about copying, they generally mean placing the copy of the file somewhere else. When you burn a CD or DVD, you are not copying the ISO to that disk, you are using the image to make a replica of the original disk. If you simple copy, you'd, at best, wind up with a disk containing the original file, which is not what you want. You could loop mount the image and then copy the contents to the disk, though then you likely couldn't boot from it. When it comes to CDs and DVDs, copying and burning are two completely different things. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org