From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 22: 9: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1F1737B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:09:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD5B643EA9 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:09:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com (Exim 4.10.11 #2 (FreeBSD)) protocol: local id 18F6z3-000IFB-00 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:08:09 +0300 Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:08:09 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ISO Images Message-ID: <20021122060809.GB65947@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20021121154828.GA76618@ns2.wananchi.com> <20021121162848.GA5250@anand.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021121162848.GA5250@anand.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: History is curious stuff You'd think by now we had enough Yet the fact remains I fear They make more of it every year. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: Blackbox X-Mailer: Mutt 1.4i (2002-05-29) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 9:06AM up 2 days, 30 secs, 5 users, load averages: 1.59, 1.56, 1.53 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Anand Buddhdev [20021121 19:27]: wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 06:48:28PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > I must have missed this. Or simply dump. period. > > > > It looks like there is no more ISO image to burn to a CD since 4.6.2?? > > Sure there is. Which server were you looking at, and which directory? > > > Why are there 2 disk images? I burnt a 4.7-disc1.iso and it fails to > > boot - no kernel... > > The image you burnt must be bad. And you only need the first CD; the > rest of the CDs contain extra packages, but you can install FreeBSD 4.7 > from just the first CD. Turns out that the image is good but I am as stupid as the IBM Aptiva that was giving the "no kernel" message, in that I did not test the image on a different machine. I am amazed no flames came my way ;) Anyone knows some howto about the IBM Aptiva refusing to boot of the CD?? -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-) "I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in." -- George McGovern To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message