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Subject: Re: bootonly.iso?
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Matthew T. Lager wrote:

> Did you be sure you were downloading the .iso in binary format? If your
> FTP client was transferring at ASCII, that would be your prob...
> 
> Matt L
> 
> 
>>I have successfully burned iso CDs from FreeBSD files, so I know
>>my process for burning the CDs works.
>>
>>I burned Release 5.3's bootonly.iso file to a CD. When I put that
>>CD back into my Windows machine that burned it, it is recognized
>>as a blank CD.
>>
>>When I put that CD into my FreeBSD computer that was built from
>>FreeBSD iso CDs, it doesn't work, as if it were a blank CD.
>>
>>What am I missing?
>>
>>Jay O'Brien
>>
>>PS.. I did try it a second time, just in case I had a bad blank CD.
>>


I downloaded this file exactly as I did the other iso images that I 
successfully burned and used. I'll download it again.