Burning Uphuck DVD image with Nero (try this if your DVD won't boot)

[ChairoNoMe]

I thought I'd post here my experiences getting the Uphuck DVD to boot on my system. When I extracted the image, I was puzzled that the disc image came in a format I didn't recognize: the file was a ".cdr" file. I found on some internet forum that the way to burn these images were to rename the .cdr file to .iso and it would burn. DO NOT DO THIS. Although this DVD image did boot on my desktop machine, it did not boot on my laptop.

 

So after pulling my hair out for a while, I found the proper way to burn the .cdr image using Nero for maximum compatibility.

 

Run Nero 7

In the menu options, select Recorder -> Burn Image

Select the drop down to see All Files (*.*) next to the file name box.

Double click on the uphuck DVD image which ends in .cdr

 

The "Foreign Image settings" dialog pops up.

Under "type of image", select "HFS". Hit "OK", then "Burn".

 

When I burned the image in this way, my laptop was able to boot off of it just fine. I just wish that specific burning instructions were part of most of the guides out there because this was a lot of uneccessary hassle for me.

[Gilma]

thanks for the advise. I had followed the rename idea as well. I have so far tried using a RW disc. I shall write the permanent disc using ur idea.

[phatnut]

as an alternative, you can use ultraiso. i successfully burned the disc and installed using the disc without a hitch. i believe specifically the version of ultraiso i used was UltraISO Premium Edition 8.6.2.2011

[dilnalomo]

well, i burned it with disk utility.

just mount the cdr, and open disk utility, and you can burn it to a dvd.