Vista - MSDN ISO Images: Bootable???

MSDN FAQs say ISO images are bootable.
But, I can't get the Windows 2003 R2 SP2 ISO to boot. (Installing on a box
with no OS).
Does someone have to go through this awful process of third-party ISO
burners and such just to use it?

MSDN FAQs say they are, but I can't get a box to boot with the Windows 2003
R2 SP2 ISO.

I try dvdburn.exe per the FAQs and it only pukes this out:

"Media type: Unknown Media Type"
Media is unknown type, unsupported, or there is no media in the drive.

These have no problem with the DVD or ISO: XP's DVD writer, Virtual CD-ROM
Control Panel and Magic ISO Maker (the latter says the ISO is bootable).
The first is what I used to write the ISO to DVD, perahps it didn't make it
bootable (per some image header info)????

It appears I need third-party software to use my MSDN ISOs.

- XP's DVD copier doesn't make the ISO bootable after copying it.
- dvdburn.exe just blows up w/ errors.

So, does that leave an MSDN customer with the requirement to have to
to third-parties just to use our ISOs???



"MSDN" <avidtrober@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 13/10/2008 in message <#5xVS$PLJHA.5596@xxxxxx> MSDN wrote:
You shouldn't copy it, that's a waste of time. You need to burn an image
of it - imgburn is free and will do it for you.

--
Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.

"MSDN" <avidtrober@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23CcHlPPLJHA.4708@xxxxxxHere's some information that may be helpful to you...

http://www.rose.edu/faculty/pvan/ISO.htm

Yes. An ISO file in and of itself is not bootable - it is an image file that
is used by a burner to create the bootable CD/DVD.

"MSDN" <avidtrober@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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By default, an iso file is not readably by Windows. You've got two options.
Find a utility to mount the ISO file, a virtual CD drive or burn the file to
a CD/DVD.

Two possible options, MagicISO to mount the CD
http://www.magiciso.com

ISORecorder can be used to either create or burn the ISO image to a CD/DVD.
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/


"MSDN" <avidtrober@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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my point exactly, a need for third-party software to use Microsoft MSDN iso
distros.

something's just not quite right about that.

i tried dvdburn, and it err's out trying to recognize my DVD (I *think*.
The over-generalized err msg that is next-to-useless).

Shouldn't Microsoft provide the means to use its own distros?




"Wesley Peace" <WesleyPeace@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:32:30 -0500, MSDN wrote:
ISO mounting and burning is such a common task with literally thousands of
available tools (both free and commercial) that it's not really worth MS's
time to create a tool just for MSDN use. Everyone has access to these
tools, why spend the time and effort on something that anyone can easily
get themselves?

Just download isorecord, it's from a MS employee. It works great.