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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 01:17:02 -0500 (EST)
From: "kalin mintchev" <kalin@el.net>
To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org>
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> On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 12:31:53AM -0500, kalin mintchev wrote:
>> hi all...
>>
>> i'm trying to install fbsd 521 on an adm machine.
>
> ITYM "AMD", not "ADM"
yea..  i just wrote too fast...

>
>> i got the isos from the freebsd site but can't boot off them after
>> burning
>> them to cd. the cd drive is ok - tested with a redhat disc.
>>
>> any special instructions i need?
>
> No..make sure you verify the md5 sum of the iso image, per the
> instructions.  It's common for boot problems to be caused by corrupted
> cd images.
ok...  will double check..
i should probably say that i'm doing this on an osx machine using the
default burning option. i tried also toast set to ISO but neither works..

> You probably want to use 5.3 instead of 5.2.1 on amd64
> though - it should be out later this week (or you could try installing
> the latest release candidate).

i've been waiting for the 5.3 for a few weeks now. i'll just upgrade after
a while...

thanks..
>
> Kris
>


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