Try Tools|CD|Burn CD Image, That's where you can choose a different image type (sorry for the confusion). Don't know if it'll work, but at least the screen might tell you what the image type really is... Josef Lowder wrote: > Thanks to all who have responded ... but I still can't get it to work. > > I think the question may boil down to: how can I convert the .img > file that I have into a .iso file? Somewhere I have read that a Linux > utility called 'growisofs' is supposed to be able to do that, but I can't > find how to do that on the 'growisofs' man page. > > Joseph Sinclair last wrote: > >>K3B is generating a "RAW" image file of the DVD (that's the .img file), >>there may also be another file along with it that contains the TOC(table >>of contents) for the disc. You need to set the image type to CUE/BIN or >>TOC (in the dropdown in the upper right corner, might also try >>auto-detect) in the dialog where you choose the image file, >>then K3B should be able to handle things from there. > > > The only file I can find as a result of using: tools -> DVD -> copy DVD > is a single .img file and no other files seem to have been generated. > I cannot find a separate "TOC" file. However, when I do a command line: > strings k3b_image.img ... I do see a table of contents listed within the > .img file. > > You suggested: "You need to set the image type to CUE/BIN or TOC ..." > I don't know how to do that. As far as I can tell, there is no "dropdown in > the upper right corner" ... and I cannot find any "auto-detect" button or > option in the dialog. > > The first phase of K3B's: Tools -> DVD -> Copy DVD works fine. > But when I try the second part: Tools -> DVD -> Burn DVD ISO image > there is no "Start" button available - it is grayed out, > and the dialog box says: "Not an ISO 9660 image." > > Every time I have struggled with something like this in the past, it has > eventually turned out that an amazingly simple one or two or three short > command line commands was all I really needed. I'll bet that will > eventually turn out to be true here, also ... just a very few short commands > hidden behind a fancy GUI that doesn't work. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss