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Date:      Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:38:46 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
Cc:        freebsd@sysmach.com, FREEBSD-QUESTIONS@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.2-install.iso
Message-ID:  <3AAF03E6.1EB4C35A@urx.com>
References:  <20010314043917.5EAB1275B@sitemail.everyone.net> <081d01c0ac42$752434e0$817e03cb@apana.org.au>

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Doug Young wrote:
> 
> I had what sounds like the same problem .... people claimed that it can be
> done in all sorts of weird Windows CD copy apps, (mind you none of them
> could / would say exactly how). However if you get a copy of Adaptec EzCD
> its quite straightforward ... there is a menu item "create CD from disc
> image" Only thing to watch ... W2K doesn't like earlier versions than 4.x,
> and earlier than 3.5c will cause immediate BSOD on booting.

You don't have to use EzCD Creator. I have also used other products
that would burn an iso-image. Prassi's PrimoCD will also burn iso's.
Veritas purchased Prassi's software. It will even accept an extension
.iso for a name. Prassi's CDburner engine is the basis for a number of
other cd-r burners. Nec's software needs a name like ngi and if you
rename the iso to ngi and it is happy. I did that and installed a
system without any problems. I hadn't burned an iso with PrimoCD and
just did one as a test. When it pulled the cd back in, it wanted to
upgrade my system. So, that option works.

I used EZ Cd Creator at 3.5c just fine. IIRC 3.5b + a good W2K
compliant dll from Adaptec would work just fine on W2K and was
available from something like beta2 on. The problem was most people
were blindly installing the software and not upgrading it before they
rebooted. Rebooting was terminal to your W2K system.

Kent


> 
> > Just wondering if someone can point out my mistake. i downloaded the
> 4.2-install.iso from ftp.freebsd.org and burned it to a CDR (all done in
> windows.) I tried to boot from it but it wont work. I imaged the two disks,
> kern.flp and mfsroot.flp and that worked, but not the 638 meg iso file i
> download. Do I image the .iso file before burning it to the CD too? thanks
> !!
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