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  1. 02-27-2005 #1
    Viper8896
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    iso image but no dvd

    ive got an iso image that is bigger than 700mb so it wont burn to a blank cd. unfortuntly i dont have any dvds so im gona somehow need to boot from the image. how could i do this? could it be done with grub? if so how?
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    what iso image is it?
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    lol... you can burn iso's that are slightly bigger that 700mb i think up to 710mb just set the burner to overburn
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    Quote Originally Posted by loft306
    lol... you can burn iso's that are slightly bigger that 700mb i think up to 710mb just set the burner to overburn
    its 733.75 mb so i dont think that is an option
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vergil83
    what iso image is it?
    I second that. Did you *make* this ISO image, or did you download it somewhere? If it's significantly more than 700MB, either they made it wrong or it's meant to be a DVD ISO image.
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    Re: iso image but no dvd

    Quote Originally Posted by Viper8896
    ive got an iso image that is bigger than 700mb so it wont burn to a blank cd. unfortuntly i dont have any dvds so im gona somehow need to boot from the image. how could i do this? could it be done with grub? if so how?
    You may try MagicISO to reassemble this iso. It may reduce size. however it is a good iso burner.
    http://www.magiciso.com/
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