[gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[damian bamforth]

I want to burn an iso image with a .bz2 extension (the
full file name is
livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2).

I only have windows xp.

I tried the 'bsdtar' tool, but, whilst it decompresses
the file, it
doesn't leave an iso image which I can then burn.

What do I do?

Thanks
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[gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[damian bamforth]

I want to burn an iso image with a .bz2 extension (the
full file name is
livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2).

I only have windows xp.

I tried the 'bsdtar' tool, but, whilst it decompresses
the file, it
doesn't leave an iso image which I can then burn.

What do I do?

Thanks
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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[Rumen Yotov]

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On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 15:37 +0100, damian bamforth wrote:
> I want to burn an iso image with a .bz2 extension (the
> full file name is
> livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2).
> 
> I only have windows xp.
> 
> I tried the 'bsdtar' tool, but, whilst it decompresses
> the file, it
> doesn't leave an iso image which I can then burn.
> 
> What do I do?
> 
> Thanks
Hi,
IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to uncompress .bz2 compressed files.
Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools" or something similar).
HTH.Rumen

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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[Holly Bostick]

Rumen Yotov schreef:
> On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 15:37 +0100, damian bamforth wrote:
> 
>> I want to burn an iso image with a .bz2 extension (the full file
>> name is livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2).
>> 
>> I only have windows xp.
>> 
>> I tried the 'bsdtar' tool, but, whilst it decompresses the file, it
>>  doesn't leave an iso image which I can then burn.
>> 
>> What do I do?
>> 
>> Thanks
> 
> Hi, IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to uncompress .bz2 compressed
> files. Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools" or something
> similar). HTH.Rumen

WinRAR will do it as well. It can also look in the .iso after
extraction, if that would be useful (*.iso is a compression format as well)

Holly
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[gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[damian bamforth]

On Sat, 2005-10-22 14:59:02, Rumen Yotov wrote:
>IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to >uncompress
.bz2 compressed files.
>Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools" or
>something similar).

I have managed to decompress the file with 'bsdtar',
however, this does not result in an 'iso' but actually
turns the livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2 into all the files
that would make up the livecd64-ahorn5.iso, so I do
end up with all the files, but not an image I can burn
onto a cd. 

I can not boot my new pc without a bootable cd as it
doesn't have an operating system on yet.

Thanks,
Damian
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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[Holly Bostick]

damian bamforth schreef:
> On Sat, 2005-10-22 14:59:02, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> 
>> IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to >uncompress
> 
> .bz2 compressed files.
> 
>> Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools" or something 
>> similar).
> 
> 
> I have managed to decompress the file with 'bsdtar', however, this 
> does not result in an 'iso' but actually turns the 
> livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2 into all the files that would make up the 
> livecd64-ahorn5.iso, so I do end up with all the files, but not an 
> image I can burn onto a cd.

Perhaps the file you're using has been deliberately misnamed. Or,
perhaps bsdtar is not as useful a program as it would seem at first glance.

If you remove the *.bz2 extension, leaving the filename as just *.iso,
can it then be burned as an ISO in your CD burning software?

In any case I would check the file with WinRAR or 7zip (or even Total
Commander) to confirm that it really is a bzipped iso, and not just an
ISO that has been renamed to iso.bz2

Holly
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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[Rumen Yotov]

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On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 17:39 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:
> damian bamforth schreef:
> > On Sat, 2005-10-22 14:59:02, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> > 
> >> IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to >uncompress
> > 
> > .bz2 compressed files.
> > 
> >> Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools" or something 
> >> similar).
> > 
> > 
> > I have managed to decompress the file with 'bsdtar', however, this 
> > does not result in an 'iso' but actually turns the 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2 into all the files that would make up the 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso, so I do end up with all the files, but not an 
> > image I can burn onto a cd.
> 
> Perhaps the file you're using has been deliberately misnamed. Or,
> perhaps bsdtar is not as useful a program as it would seem at first glance.
> 
> If you remove the *.bz2 extension, leaving the filename as just *.iso,
> can it then be burned as an ISO in your CD burning software?
> 
> In any case I would check the file with WinRAR or 7zip (or even Total
> Commander) to confirm that it really is a bzipped iso, and not just an
> ISO that has been renamed to iso.bz2
> 
> Holly
Hi,
Use 'file' to check for file's type, e.g. "file filename.ext".
Using "unzip+bz2+windows" on Google returns many more but also this one
with nearly 20 zip/unzip Win progs:
http://www.nonags.com/nonags/ziputil.html
HTH.Rumen

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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[Bob Sanders]

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:37:27 +0100 (BST)
damian bamforth <damian.b@btinternet.com> wrote:

> I want to burn an iso image with a .bz2 extension (the
> full file name is
> livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2).
> 
> I only have windows xp.
> 

Download Puppy Linux, burn a cd, boot it up.  You also have the option
of installing it as a file on your WinXP disk and dual booting.

Bob
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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[damian bamforth]

--- Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl> wrote:

> damian bamforth schreef:
> > On Sat, 2005-10-22 14:59:02, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> > 
> >> IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to
> >uncompress
> > 
> > .bz2 compressed files.
> > 
> >> Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools"
> or something 
> >> similar).
> > 
> > 
> > I have managed to decompress the file with
> 'bsdtar', however, this 
> > does not result in an 'iso' but actually turns the
> 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2 into all the files that
> would make up the 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso, so I do end up with all the
> files, but not an 
> > image I can burn onto a cd.
> 
> Perhaps the file you're using has been deliberately
> misnamed. Or,
> perhaps bsdtar is not as useful a program as it
> would seem at first glance.
> 
> If you remove the *.bz2 extension, leaving the
> filename as just *.iso,
> can it then be burned as an ISO in your CD burning
> software?
> 
> In any case I would check the file with WinRAR or
> 7zip (or even Total
> Commander) to confirm that it really is a bzipped
> iso, and not just an
> ISO that has been renamed to iso.bz2
> 
> Holly
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> 
> 

Ahhh... 7zip found the iso, and extracting it.
This issue is now resolved. 

Thanks,
Damian
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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[damian bamforth]

--- Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl> wrote:

> damian bamforth schreef:
> > On Sat, 2005-10-22 14:59:02, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> > 
> >> IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to
> >uncompress
> > 
> > .bz2 compressed files.
> > 
> >> Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools"
> or something 
> >> similar).
> > 
> > 
> > I have managed to decompress the file with
> 'bsdtar', however, this 
> > does not result in an 'iso' but actually turns the
> 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2 into all the files that
> would make up the 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso, so I do end up with all the
> files, but not an 
> > image I can burn onto a cd.
> 
> Perhaps the file you're using has been deliberately
> misnamed. Or,
> perhaps bsdtar is not as useful a program as it
> would seem at first glance.
> 
> If you remove the *.bz2 extension, leaving the
> filename as just *.iso,
> can it then be burned as an ISO in your CD burning
> software?
> 
> In any case I would check the file with WinRAR or
> 7zip (or even Total
> Commander) to confirm that it really is a bzipped
> iso, and not just an
> ISO that has been renamed to iso.bz2
> 
> Holly
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> 
> 

Ahhh... 7zip found the iso, and extracting it.
This issue is now resolved. 

Thanks,
Damian
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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[Matt Randolph]

damian bamforth wrote:

>I want to burn an iso image with a .bz2 extension (the
>full file name is
>livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2).
>
>I only have windows xp.
>
>I tried the 'bsdtar' tool, but, whilst it decompresses
>the file, it
>doesn't leave an iso image which I can then burn.
>
>What do I do?
>
>Thanks
>  
>

IMHO, the proper way to do what you need to do is with GNU tools.

Go to http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ and download the GNU Unix tools 
for Windows.

Use bunzip2.exe to decompress the archive.  If you know the md5sum, you 
can also use md5sum.exe to check your archive too.  There is no file.exe 
however, so I don't know how you can determine what kind of file it is 
that you end up with.  If you need help using the tools, there is a 
man.exe, but there aren't any pages for it to read.  Instead, use the 
--help switch to get an idea of how to use each tool.

IIRC Service Pack 2 provides TAB-autocompletion for Windows XP.  If you 
have that and if you throw all those tools into your path, it'll be the 
next best thing to being at a real computer.

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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[Matt Randolph]

damian bamforth wrote:

>--- Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>damian bamforth schreef:
>>    
>>
>>>On Sat, 2005-10-22 14:59:02, Rumen Yotov wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>uncompress
>>>
>>>.bz2 compressed files.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools"
>>>>        
>>>>
>>or something 
>>    
>>
>>>>similar).
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>I have managed to decompress the file with
>>>      
>>>
>>'bsdtar', however, this 
>>    
>>
>>>does not result in an 'iso' but actually turns the
>>>      
>>>
>>>livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2 into all the files that
>>>      
>>>
>>would make up the 
>>    
>>
>>>livecd64-ahorn5.iso, so I do end up with all the
>>>      
>>>
>>files, but not an 
>>    
>>
>>>image I can burn onto a cd.
>>>      
>>>
>>Perhaps the file you're using has been deliberately
>>misnamed. Or,
>>perhaps bsdtar is not as useful a program as it
>>would seem at first glance.
>>
>>If you remove the *.bz2 extension, leaving the
>>filename as just *.iso,
>>can it then be burned as an ISO in your CD burning
>>software?
>>
>>In any case I would check the file with WinRAR or
>>7zip (or even Total
>>Commander) to confirm that it really is a bzipped
>>iso, and not just an
>>ISO that has been renamed to iso.bz2
>>
>>Holly
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>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Ahhh... 7zip found the iso, and extracting it.
>This issue is now resolved. 
>
>Thanks,
>Damian
>  
>

Have lunch mid-post and it turns out the problem is solved before you 
click send.  Oops!  The GNU tools are still good to have on any Windows 
box, though.  Glad to see your problem is resolved.  Now if you can just 
fix the double posting problem.  ;-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:37:27 +0100 (BST)
damian bamforth <damian.b@btinternet.com> wrote:

> I want to burn an iso image with a .bz2 extension (the
> full file name is
> livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2).
> 
> I only have windows xp.
> 
> I tried the 'bsdtar' tool, but, whilst it decompresses
> the file, it
> doesn't leave an iso image which I can then burn.
> 
> What do I do?

Ask in to a windows forum?
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