[ale] BURNING A LIVE CD

[Jeff Hubbs]

Well, I was being half-facetious.  But, the notion ties into things I've
run into before in all-Windows environments.  No one knew how to do a
port scan or knew of an app to do it with.  No one could arbitrarily
read data off of a tape to even see what was on it.  And, no one could
burn a CD-R without the app on the CD that came with the computer or the
CD-ROM drive.

Warren Myers wrote:
> for the same reason people use any OS - it's a 'third-party' solution
> to burn ISOs on Linux - and on the Mac, too, for that matter. Linux
> and Mac OS just do a better job of hiding the fact that it's not a
> core OS issue to burn CDs.
>
> I use XP pretty much just for gaming. I use Macs for personal stuff
> and at work. And I use Linux for my general-purpose workstation &
> development & server-related stuff.
>
> This might get me banned from the list, but I would say that each OS
> has a purpose, and if you use the OS for the things it's good for,
> you're OK.
>
> Linux is great for almost everything I do on a regular basis. So is
> Mac OS X. For 'typical' users (email, web surfing, basic games) XP
> works fine. For more 'interesting' activities, yes, having those
> utilities ship with the OS (or distro) is helpful. Sure, it would be
> fanfriggintastic if MS would package an ISO burner, but then we'd
> probably be screaming antitrust again.
>
> So, yes, I have to go out and download the components I want any time
> I install Windows, they're not just on the CD (or DVD), but that's
> what we get when we're worried about antitrust issues versus usability
> and convenience.
>
> Warren
>
> On 1/9/07, *Jeff Hubbs* <hbbs at comcast.net <mailto:hbbs at comcast.net>>
> wrote:
>
>     Which raises the question...
>
>     Why would anyone use this operating system, when it can't do such
>     fundamental things?
>
>     Stephen R. Blevins wrote:
>     > Sincere "Thanks" to all who've responded.
>     >
>     > I can provide this additional information:
>     >       The ISO file was supposed to be of a Live CD.
>     >       When I followed the procedure, BurnCD "copied" the ISO
>     file to the CD as a data file.
>     >       The resulting CD would not boot.
>     >
>     > Based on today's responses, it looks like Windows XP (neither
>     Home nor Professional) will burn ISO files as images, just as data
>     files.  Looks like I'm going to have to investigate some of the
>     3rd-party recommendations.
>     >
>     > Again, a sincere "Thanks" to all who responded.
>     >
>     >
>
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