Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 07:24:09 -0800 (PST) From: Paulette McGee <paulette_mcgee@yahoo.com> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>, "s.moyzis" <s.moyzis@sbcglobal.net> Cc: "Questions@FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD Message-ID: <839034.26911.qm@web62309.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <45EFF088.3090901@dial.pipex.com>
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--- Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hello, Just like Alex has pointed out; you have to burn from an ISO / Image. If you are using Roxio 7 it is called: "Burn from Disc Image File..." Otherwise you may wind up burning the ISO as a single file. Regards, Paulette McGee ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
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