Board logo

Help a retard make a bootable DVD!
James - 10/8/11 at 06:31 PM

So... spent a very frustrating couple of hours trying to make a bootable DVD.

What I'm trying to do is update the firmware on the RAID controller of an HP DL180 G6 which has no OS.

I need the latest version of Smart Update CD and patch it (the CD image) with the latest firmware .exe then burn it as a bootable DVD.

So, I've downloaded the latest Smart Update .iso file.

I've opened/expanded it into a directory using Winzip.

I've added the downloaded RAID firmware to the correct path in the unzipped .iso directory.


Now I need to burn it to a DVD as a bootable DVD.


The original .iso is bootable I believe and I expect if I just burned what I'd downloaded then I could boot from it... but that would be with the old RAID f/ware.

When I burn the expanded .iso, even if I tick 'Make DVD bootable' it won't boot from the DVD.

I believe I may need a .img file? But isn't this on the bootable .iso anyway?


Have so far tried Total Media Suite, Nero, IsoMagic and a few others but not made any progress.

Please could someone explain what I'm doing wrong in words of one syllable!


Thanks!!!

James


stevebubs - 10/8/11 at 08:33 PM

Does the exe run under DOS? IF so ...

http://www.bootdisk.com/nero.htm


stevebubs - 10/8/11 at 08:36 PM

Description
Description