Burning CentOs 6.4 ISO

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

I'd start from the basics: 

md5sum -c {DVD}.iso.md5
If validation above passes, then:
dd if=/dev/{DEVICE_WHERE_THE_BURNED_DVD_IS_STUCK_IN}|md5sum 

If the numbers are different, burn again.
If the numbers are the same, boot again and look carefully at the BIOS 
messages.
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Dazed_75 writes: 

> Keith, I realize you probably know these things but since you were not
> specific about what you did, I will throw them out: 
> 
> How did you create it in Windows?  You cannot just copy the iso to the
> dvd.  Windows 7 is the first Windows to understand burning an ISO.  Before
> that you had to use a 3rd party application.  On Windows 7 you should be
> able to right click on the .iso file and make the appropriate selection. 
> 
> The next thing is how did you try booting from the DVD?  Did you set your
> BIOS to boot from the CD/DVD drive before the hard drive?  If not you would
> very likely have to press a key during boot up to enter a Boot Menu.  That
> key differs by manufacturer but is commonly F12 (or F11, F9, F8, ESC, or
> TAB).  On some Lenovos it is the blue Think<something> key. 
> 
>  
> 
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:26 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> 
>>
>> Hi, 
>>
>> I am having some difficulty booting from a CentOS 6.4 DVD. 
>>
>> I went here : http://yum.phx.singlehop.com/centos/6.4/isos/i386/ 
>>
>> And I selected CentOS-6.4-i386-bin-DVD1.iso and it was copied to my hard
>> drive. 
>>
>> I then used windows to create the disk.  I have done this several times.
>> The image appears to have been created however the disk is not bootable.  I
>> can see the files on the disk.  I've tried using it to boot my laptop and
>> my desktop. 
>>
>> I know I have done this in the past and was able to boot from prior
>> versions using a DVD image. 
>>
>> The root directory of the DVD contains: 
>>
>> /images/
>> /isolinux/
>> /Packages/
>> /repodata/
>> .discinfo
>> .treeinfo
>> CentOS_BuildTag
>> EULA
>> GPL
>> RELEASE-NOTES-en-US.HTML
>> RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
>> RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Debug-6
>> RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Security-6
>> RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Testing-6
>> TRANS.TBL 
>>
>> Does not look bootable to me.  I've looked for some notes and have not
>> found any on the CentOS website. 
>>
>> Any help is much appreciated. 
>>
>> Thanks!! 
>>
>> Keith 
>>
>>
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