Making CD of ydl-2.1 iso file

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On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:32:08 -0700
John Baughman <jbaugh@mac.com> wrote:

> I am trying to install ydl-2.1 on my Mac.  I have a beige G3 with 3 hard
> drives.
> I downloaded the ydl-2.1 iso install file.  My problem is that I canıt
> figure out how to burn this file to CD so that I can use it as a startup
> drive to install ydl. I now have a file called
> ³fuji-2.1-20011105-install.iso² on my desktop.  I have made several coasters
> trying to burn this to CD. Iıve read the readme file that says the iso file
> should be ³burned from ISO² to make a CD and not mounted first.  Iım using
> Toast Titanium.  Iıve selected ³ISO9660² under ³other².  What do I do next?
> If I simply drag the install.iso file onto the Toast window, I copy a
> non-bootable copy of the iso file.  If I open the file with Disk Copy I can
> see all of the file and folder components.  If I drag those files to Toast
> and burn a disk it completes the process but the disk is not bootable.  At
> least it is not bootable by holding down the ³c² key on reboot.  Is there
> another way to boot the CD?  Am I making the CD incorrectly?  Any help would
> be appreciated.
> John

Offhand, I don't know why you couldn't do an oldworld style install, using BootX and running things that way, although I've never installed on anything newer than a 7500......

		--Shawn