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Date:      Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:51:23 -0600
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I'd like some help
Message-ID:  <20080324015123.GB75985@demeter.hydra>
In-Reply-To: <1206227405.6973.50.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
References:  <108666.9038.qm@web83401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <1206227405.6973.50.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>

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On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:10:04AM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
> 
> 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 don't make sense. I am running Windows XP OS- can you tell me how to download Free BSD with it?
> 
> Go to the download section of the site and download the iso files. Once
> you have those, double click on them and burn them to disk.

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 ISO
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.

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
McCloctnick the Lucid: "The first rule of magic is simple. Don't waste your
time waving your hands and hopping when a rock or a club will do."



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