From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 17 15:13:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7707106566B for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:13:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm32-vm2.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm32-vm2.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.229.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9EEBD8FC13 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:13:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.48] by nm32.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Dec 2011 14:59:47 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.166] by tm1.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Dec 2011 14:59:47 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1022.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Dec 2011 14:59:47 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 271614.22633.bm@omp1022.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 53705 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Dec 2011 14:59:46 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1324133986; bh=L+LJyKT+ZAzPObp/RkENlR2FaBz6cp3Me2Z42fcOSn0=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=2gk9zNhclV0i21CAUANZsVeLHYVw8u+/dx4fshfutpHG1hmAQOH7h6T0HXs+vOdriRAvw44Vp2ROmDhmzkORNAOnxlyMBENcbnHfaQ93IUMGY4e94aSWCAThgqxlPSSFQpyd/wT5aRM6quGueJkNqV+Ww2t9bVgGxlVwOtkbel4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=SyXYQcFlDZ+lTMsJxp7tUSXFh4olRlgErWoN1Aj82Wn4M+77Dd0ABbIXxelRUyoTHTQWntFM9hoDIr0/bJ0aXDufW84p6z6gWpGMG4+tgtAkmd2qT0OszbfnDrvz+VlmEe7I8VeGmsTqyCNapQM7D7oAlaC8lHYE+Gd35pPmy3o=; X-YMail-OSG: HUnDbOIVM1kst.450N00iG07wzmGRVt53EoGsr9dySmY01E lBpqbtpLEBm6d4yYi042AlSNtf01XT0TEWOGAXqcx7a8TkggWyGN4TMcPoDp rx7ytwRGmLFmcLiRJw9oXzDa93Jdo4CF7_5QyG6jlDKuZMVPKnrUo7fqzaNo Bd.FxMUfIzm4MY3B8hA0WIBagIjxWw8ZJFH0onbHPK_oXBS14skwrdlr2dRw OpurVLTG_syec6qgBEhXRbMLsRstQ3kO8ZlTPIC.thl_yb.NQU3o5TI1PGMf S6qDVoVa2nQ8HZ.7C_pMeNx074l0iYj2by1.8fOYR7tVNFoId20djG2CbTLk hWKj8Zc4DKjI4Jt78OUF8jEtF7rZfqa..PfQ.66C46aqfwi5IhZm_KQvwPPG fCmw0uiyz9KdJuvSF9SfnNatdfargi8BCDp7gtIWOUyAD_lHfd50twWbdgly uJFr2 Received: from [98.203.44.66] by web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:59:46 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.331698 References: <1324130640.3098.3.camel@maxime-laptop> Message-ID: <1324133986.49548.YahooMailNeo@web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:59:46 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" In-Reply-To: <1324130640.3098.3.camel@maxime-laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill Tillman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:13:09 -0000 =A0=0A=0A________________________________=0A=0AFrom: Maxime-Etienne de Gier= =0ATo: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org =0ASent: Satu= rday, December 17, 2011 9:04 AM=0ASubject: booting=0A=0A=0AI am really inte= rested in Freebsd or PC-BSD but unfortunately every time=0Awhen I download = an ISO of either of them and try to boot up (from the=0ADVD-ROM) my machine= will not boot up (Laptop PackardBell).=0AAny insight?=A0 Thanks and much r= egard.=0A=0A=0AMaxime.=0A=0A=0A-- =0AMaxime-Etienne de Gier =0A=0A_______________________________________________=0Afreebsd-qu= estions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinf= o/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-u= nsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0AWe have to start with the basics here:=0A=0A1.= You say you download the iso but you don't indicate that your burn the iso= to DVD. Sorry, don't mean to cast any doubts on your ability but we get lo= ts of posts from new users who simply copy the iso file to a DVD and then e= xpect it to boot. The iso file must be translated by a program like Nero, o= r burncd in order to make it bootable.=0A=0A2. What exactly are the error m= essages you are seeing on the screen at the time it attempts to boot?