Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:14:02 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I'd like some help Message-ID: <20080405231402.GA37118@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <1206325092.6973.91.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <108666.9038.qm@web83401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <1206227405.6973.50.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20080324015123.GB75985@demeter.hydra> <1206325092.6973.91.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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--BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:18:11PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: >=20 > On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 19:51 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:10:04AM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > >=20 > > > On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 14:58 -0700, Matthew Woodson wrote: > > > > I've been learning about a bunch of the BSD OSes, and i want to try= Free BSD, but i can't figure out how to download it and the instructions d= on't make sense. I am running Windows XP OS- can you tell me how to downloa= d Free BSD with it? > > >=20 > > > Go to the download section of the site and download the iso files. On= ce > > > you have those, double click on them and burn them to disk. > >=20 > > Last I checked, the MS Windows built-in CD burning software didn't do > > burning from an image -- you'd need third-party software. Burning an I= SO > > without such software would just result in a copy of the ISO on the CD, > > rather than a CD that would boot up an installer. > >=20 >=20 > Which software were you using and how long ago? I've used Roxio, Nero, > and Easy CD Creator- all of which did that. Most bundled burning > software will do it automatically. They offer burn from cd/dvd image, > as well as data cd creation, so when you double click on an iso file it > sets up to burn the image for you. >=20 > If you haven't got the bundled software installed I agree with you > though. Fairly uncommon though. Err, I didn't notice this until now. Please excuse my late reply. I was talking about the CD burning software that's built in to MS Windows XP, not any third-party software. --=20 CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] John W. Russell: "People point. Sometimes that's just easier. They also use words. Sometimes that's just easier. For the same reasons that pointing has not made words obsolete, there will always be command lines." --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkf4B7oACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWL0ACfTXq038d/pcvf859SXro2Gc6b +osAoKLa9qCJjt1tIV8TZBVzCmaYiDw9 =HHYn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3--
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