From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 05:13:03 2012 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 C89501065670 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 05:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from rc2.surewest.net (rc2.surewest.net [66.60.130.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C258FC08 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 05:13:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp4.surewest.net ([66.60.130.145]) by rc2.surewest.net ({1b970212-ad71-403b-a2dd-d897d2565e71}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20120105051123962; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:11:23 +0000 X-RC-FROM: Received: from smtpauth.surewest.net (smtpauth.surewest.net [66.60.130.153]) by smtp4.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5BF58963F; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:11:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (unknown [69.62.230.77]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtpauth.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A3F9F9BF1E; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:11:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (blacksheep.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9A9EB1656B1; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:11:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mykitchentable.net; s=default; t=1325740281; bh=1sApYIdKRBT6I+3PJVD65qIV9OHF5m/Wk+6bSDhulyA=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=PolG7U9YF4EtIJsHieE7wgk0WyLUDw9owkIiFe+PoPBo7a/tCv5mzsacmlXrAZY/k AMDMfgLz+Ubaky8UeaAhX9iw/Obrx6FVzbV4jRE6DrNaFaoVMSxXqKC0nvzfhUFGRW 2U735FXNMswsY8mVf0dCilPcUfmasR1BIcgLV1Vc= Message-ID: <4F0530ED.5030004@mykitchentable.net> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:11:09 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: R Skinner References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <4F0520A2.8040602@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4F0520A2.8040602@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120104-1, 01/04/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:13:03 -0000 On 1/4/2012 8:01 PM, R Skinner wrote: > On 01/05/12 13:23, Drew Tomlinson wrote: >> I downloaded FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso >> >> and burned the image to CD. However the CD does not boot. Just >> wanted to confirm that it is supposed to be bootable. >> >> Also, is there a DVD version? I don't have many CDs around my house >> but plenty of DVDs. :) > Hi Drew, and welcome to FreeBSD. > > How did you 'burn' the disc? As an iso image (in Windows) you can open > any burning program and tell it to burn it as is; you don't need to > extract any contents. This is the usual problem if it won't boot. I used the Windows image burning tool on the one that didn't work. However I tried on another PC that had Nero Burning ROM. That one worked. Now I just wish the boot disk had an apparent way to enable ssh so I could install from another PC while browsing the web. [snip] Thanks, Drew -- Like card tricks? Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse to learn card magic secrets for free! http://alchemistswarehouse.com