Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 18:07:56 +0200 From: Stefan KORONKA <KoronkaS@interscope.ro> To: 'mhf' <michael.flug@snet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Attempting install of 4.2 by CDROM, but no-go Message-ID: <D08F9E2FE307D411857300104B34F1A202DB46@URANUS>
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> From: mhf > [...] > 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? > Please note: there shouldn't be any "iso file" on the cdrom! If you type "D:\>dir" and you get something like "... freebsd.iso", then you didn't write it correctly! The "iso" is just an image of the whole cd - including directories and other files. Correctly burned on the cd, it will result in a directory structure containing lots of other files - so, if you do an "D:\dir", you should get something like some_date_here <DIR> BIN some_date_here <DIR> CATPAGES some_date_here <DIR> COMPAT1x ... some_date_here <DIR> DICT some_date_here <DIR> DOC ... some_date_here <DIR> SRC some_date_here <DIR> TOOLS ... other files here If you did not get something like this (and you get only one file - the .iso one), then you have to rewrite yout cd ! Read the doc of your burning software; see if it supports iso images, and see how to write them correctly. Not with all software is easy to write iso images; if you cannot figure out how to write it, try to get Easy CD creator - it has an option dedicated to this. Stefan > Can anyone help me with a jumpstart? I must be missing > something very > basic. > First-timer here. I appreciate your time and patience. > > Mike Flug > michael.flug@snet.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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