Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:11:09 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: R Skinner <rocky@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable? Message-ID: <4F0530ED.5030004@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <4F0520A2.8040602@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <4F0520A2.8040602@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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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 >> <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/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
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