Unable to boot Redhat Linux 9 Disks

I am unable to boot the Redhat Linux 9 disks. I downloaded the iso's and extracted them using Winrar. Then I burned them to a cd using Windows XP. Then I tried it nothing happened. Then I read that they needed to be burned using Easy CD creator, which I thought was a load of hooey since XP's burning capabilities is based on the Roxio engine. Anyways I got Easy CD Creator and burned the images again on different disks. Same results. They will not boot at all. I currently have a dual boot system with XP and Redhat 7. Any help would be great. Thanks

I'm assuming that you have your computer set to boot from the cd-rom before it boots from the hard drive.

Did you get a .sfv file with the iso's to check to make sure that they were complete and not corrupt? If you've tried burning it twice, you probably got a bad download. I would try downloading it again and maybe from a different mirror.

There was no .sfv file I downloaded them from a mirror site from Redhat it was one of the .gov sites

What does that .sfv file do?

An .sfv file is a file that checks to make sure that the file that you recieve is complete and wasn't corrupted. For instance, if I wanted to send you a large file, I would create an .sfv file for the file that I'm sending and then send that along with the file. Once you recieved the whole file, you would open the .sfv (with the appropriate program) and it would tell you if you got the whole file or not and if the size and everything is right (suggesting that the file isn't corrupt).

Thanks. I have just now finished downloading from a different mirror site. I will let you all know what happens.

also double check the MD5 sum is correct. The MD5 sum should be available from your FTP/download site.

NEVER use an image that has not passed .sfv or MD5 checksums, as it may be a hacked image, and cause damage to your or someone else's system.

MD5 checker:
http://www.blisstonia.com/shareware/WinMD5/

if they still do not boot, make sure that the ISO image is a bootable image.

You can do this using winISO:
http://www.winiso.com/

Ok I downloaded another image from a different mirror site and same results. It just will not boot from the cd.

Make sure your bios is set to boot from the CD-Rom first.

I have did that already. It does not want to boot

have you checked the checksums and made sure the Image is bootable with winiso ?

I am downloading winiso as we speak, that link that I got from you for the sums only opens like 68 windows and then closes real fast

http://www.blisstonia.com/shareware/Win ... 5v2.02.exe

works for me ???

It worked this time
Also the image that I downloaded winiso says that it is a bootable cd

The MD5 check said that there was nothing there for that is there was an md5sum file on the mirror site do I need that as well