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From: Jeremy Vandenhouten <jeremy.vandenhouten@marquette.edu>
To: christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de, questions@freebsd.org
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Subject: Re: Attempting install of 4.2 by CDROM, but no-go
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Why not rawrite the freebsd install disks? Should be in the tools 
directory on the cd if I remember correctly. This will allow you to 
boot (from the disks) then install off the cd-rom.

----- Original Message -----
From: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de>
Date: Thursday, January 4, 2001 5:53 am
Subject: Re: Attempting install of 4.2 by CDROM, but no-go

> If I understand you correctly, your burned 4.2-R ISO image does not
> autoboot. You boot your machine from another drive containing Winblows
> or M$-dumb.
> 
> Things to try (in order):
> - Check your BIOS. Try to boot from CD before it gets at other boot
> drives.
> - D/L the FreeBSD boot floppies, use those to boot the machine.
> 
> HTH
> -Christoph Sold
> 
> P.S: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html is your friend.
> 
> 
> mhf schrieb:
> > 
> > I have just built a new computer and am trying to do a cdrom 
> install of
> > FreeBSD 4.2 using:
> > 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install-guide.html
> > 
> > Status:
> > 
> > 13.6 gig. Western Digital HD has been formatted using Western 
> Digital> Disk Utility.
> > I have made no partitions.  The HD is to be dedicated to FreeBSD OS.
> > Dos executable mscdex.exe has been installed and I am able to 
> access the
> > Acer CD-RW on D:\.
> > I have set up BIOS to boot up with CD-RW drive.  Upon boot, 
> FreeBSD iso
> > on cd does not run.
> > Once computer completes boot and brings up C:\ prompt, I can 
> switch to
> > D:\ and read from the drive that
> > the FreeBSD iso file is there on the cdrom.
> > 
> > How do I execute installation from the iso file on cdrom?
> > 
> > Can anyone help me with a jumpstart?  I must be missing 
> something very
> > basic.
> > First-timer here.  I appreciate your time and patience.
> 
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