Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:16:24 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: "s.moyzis" <s.moyzis@sbcglobal.net> Cc: "Questions@FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD Message-ID: <45EFF088.3090901@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <001b01c7616c$d3b93100$3f8dfd44@DJ2KXR91> References: <001b01c7616c$d3b93100$3f8dfd44@DJ2KXR91>
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s.moyzis wrote: >Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD from > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.2 >I downloaded all the files to a folder on my 2nd HD (Primary is C: 80 Gb Windows XP SP2, 2nd external 250 Gb HD has 2 partitons, G: which contains the entire C:drive for backup, and a partition H: for FreeBSD. Anyway, The Boot CD doesn't boot (yes, I changed the BIOS sequence), and the Disk1 and Disk2 won't fit on a CD. I'm new at this, but I do know Windows and DOS inside and out. Question is, what do I do next? >everytime I try to 'open' the file(s) Roxio CD Creator opens up. Help! Thanks, > > It sounds very much like you just haven't written stuff correctly to CD. 1) You only *need* disk 1 and it boots. Disk 2 contains pre-built packages which you might want. I expect the handbook covers this. (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html section on FreeBSD 5.X and above). 2) You need to write disk1 using Roxio or Nero or whatever *as an ISO*, *not* copy it as a file to the CD. The option might say something like image file instead of ISO. Same for disk2, to a different CD of course. Roxio opens up when you click on the ISO because an ISO is a special file format that is basically a "dump" of a CD. Nothing other than a CD writing program is likely to make much use of it. Forget the boot CD you don't need it. It is, I believe, used for network-only installs and using CD1 is easier for a beginner. --Alex
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