From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 15:09:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29FB916A4EC for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:09:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC10543D41 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:09:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tparrott@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 80so100741rnk for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.206.50 with SMTP id d50mr1268239rng; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8550301b04081608095d39c518@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:09:02 -0400 From: Tyler Parrott To: pryan@singnet.com.sg In-Reply-To: <200408161458.i7GEw3JS026580@eastgate.starhub.net.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200408161458.i7GEw3JS026580@eastgate.starhub.net.sg> cc: tyler@boardom.ca cc: barbish3@adelphia.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.10 Install failure. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: tyler@boardom.ca List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:09:07 -0000 Hey Guys, The CD's both have valid data structures (i.e. directories, etc...). I'm positive that I burnt the image correctly, as it's not just an .ISO file and the checksums check out correctly. I checked for the options in the BIOD but they're not there. The BIOS is "Compaq Computer Corporation Setup Ultility" Any other ideas as to what I might try? Thanks Tyler On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:57:24 +0800, Peter Ryan wrote: > > > > > Hey All, > > > > > > I am havign some trouble installing FreeBSD 4.10 on my PC. I > > > downloaded an ISO image (and verified the checksum) from the > > Canadian > > > FreeBSD FTP site. After burning the image to CD, I checked the > > > checksums, which were the same. > > > > > > When I put the CD in the drive and attempt to boot from it, I just > > get > > > a register dump and the computer halts. > > > I have just got over a similar painful learning experience. > I made a dumb mistake that might help you. I first just burnt the > ISO file to a CD like I would any other file. (I had no idea what > an ISO image was :)) > > After i discovered that you need special software to burn > an ISO image, I downloaded the trial version of UltraISO > software. It wanted to use Nero Burning ROM to actually > do the burn. Once I had these 2 bits of software installed, > I could actually use the CD's I burnt. > > I also burnt CD's of the 2 flp images. I happened to use Sonic > Record Now to do that, and there was a button I could press > that read the flp image and created a bootable CD. > > (This was pretty useful because the floppy drive in the PC > was unusable) > > Hope this helps > Peter > >