How to install a .bin?

[Greco101]

I've been trying to find some info on google but nothing really. Help?

EDIT: Figured it out...

[nil8]

There's a program out there called PowerISO. You can download a trial copy. Just google PowerISO.
It's able to open most bin files.
With most of them, a cue file is also needed, but not always.

Give it a shot, if it doesn't work, there are other options.

[SgtM]

Simple.. open notepad.



FILE "image-name.BIN" BINARY

"image-name.BIN" being the name of the image file. Select File --> Save As and save it as image-name.cue. Make sure the bin and cue are in the same directory. Open nero, tell it that you're burning an image. Load the .cue, and you're set.

[nil8]

I didn't know cue files were that easy. I feel kinda silly now.
Personally, I'd use daemon tools or powerISO, mount it, extract the files and convert to ISO via WinISO or some other similar program. ISO is much more well known and easier to deal with, plus you don't have to have a .cue file with it to make it work.
That and I don't like having burnt discs for everything I own or use.
Personal preference I suppose.

Still, inform us about how it goes & I'm sure between the users on this forum that know something about it, we can help you get it figured out. Good luck.

[Greco101]

I just burned the .cue with nero. (probably should have mentioned it had a .cue along with it...) Thanks guys for the tips and tricks. +rep to the both of you.

[Zephik]

Can anyone make sense of this for me? I did what it said to do, but I got an error message. Do have to type out the location of the files? How and where?

http://techbycolin.com/?p=130

Funny, I've never dealt with or heard of bin and cue files up to a few days ago, and now that I'm trying to figure out how to work them, this thread pops out of no where. What do you call that? Ironic? Fate? or maybe I have a stalker? lol

Anyways, thanks for the help. I wasn't liking all this terminal coding and stuff, but its starting to be kind of fun now. ^_^

[SgtM]

Can anyone make sense of this for me? I did what it said to do, but I got an error message. Do have to type out the location of the files? How and where?

http://techbycolin.com/?p=130

Funny, I've never dealt with or heard of bin and cue files up to a few days ago, and now that I'm trying to figure out how to work them, this thread pops out of no where. What do you call that? Ironic? Fate? or maybe I have a stalker? lol

Anyways, thanks for the help. I wasn't liking all this terminal coding and stuff, but its starting to be kind of fun now. ^_^

Just make sure your bin and cue files are in the same directory.

[Zephik]

Which directory would that be? The bchunk directory? I didn't even know there was one, where would it be located?

Learning is fun, but man I hate feeling dumb. lol

[.Maleficus.]

Which directory would that be? The bchunk directory? I didn't even know there was one, where would it be located?

Learning is fun, but man I hate feeling dumb. lol
Nope, bchunk is a program. You first do "sudo apt-get install bchuck" and it'll install. Then, after you've made the .BIN and .CUE file and put them in a folder (lets say /home/Zephik/bins/MyBinAndCue), you would do "cd /home/Zephik/bins/MyBinAndCue", and then you would run "bchunk BinFile.bin CueFile.cue NameOfISOYouWant.iso".