How should I boot OS installation CD?

Question

I am trying to boot Solaris 10 OS CD to install it, but it cann't be read and system is loading Windows. When I downloaded the installation of Solaris it was in .iso format, I extracted it with Winzip and burned on CD with nero. Can you tell me why it cann't be read when I start my PC, in BOIS everything is configured corectlly, CD is set as number one bootable device

Answer 1

You don't extract the .iso and then burn it, unless you got the file in .zip format first. Use a burn program, such as nero to burn the image file to disk. There is usually an option for image disks and that's what you want. Once it is burned, then it should be bootable.

Answer 2

The ISO format is a CD image, so (unless I misunderstand you) it's unnecessary to 'unzip' it with winzip.

It's possible that your CD is not a bootable image. You may have needed to write the CD as a bootable CD. I would have thought that the Solaris ISO would be bootable, though, provided you wrote it to the CD 'as is'.

Answer 3

to make bootable cds from iso you are supposed to select -burn cd from iso image, from ur cd-burner software. The burner software will the ask for the location and the iso file that you want to burn the cd from.
Extacting them first may not create bootable disks.

Answer 4

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