Need help with an Iso file

[andre79]

I am currently downloading an iso file from the net. i need to know how to extract that type of file and how to burn it on a cd. i read somewhere if i use nero that i have to use "burn image to disk" is that correct?

[mjc]

http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/howtoburn.html

[andre79]

how do i extract it after i have burned it on a cd?

[iisbob]

.iso is acompressed file image-think of it like a zip file; if you need to get a particualr bit of data from it-the easiest way is to use your CD burning program and select " burn from image", that'll decompress it and put the files on CD. You can also use a program like Winimage or Winiso to pull specific files out of the iso image if you only need just 1 particualr file-usually it's best to just burn it to CD.

[pave_spectre]

another program for extracting from an ISO file is isobuster.

[BonedAgain]

A lot of times when I'm in this situation, I prefer to extract the iso to my hard drive, so I can load/run/evaluate the application as it would from a cd but w/o having to actually burn a cd. One program which will do this is Undisker, a trial version of which is available at http://www.undisker.com/. After checking out the program this way you can burn it in the usual manner if you so choose.

BA

[mjc]

Most of my iso files are Linux distros, so burning them is about the only way to actually do anything with them.