From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 01:55:12 2005 Return-Path: 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 8B3EC16A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 01:55:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3A9743D39 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 01:55:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@users.sourceforge.net) Received: from pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.179]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I9V0081NHBYN330@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:55:10 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.149]) by pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I9V00JI5HBYSUJ0@pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:55:10 -0700 (MST) Received: from procyon.nekulturny.org (S0106000c41b2b9a3.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.45.143]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I9V00C48HBYCS@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:55:10 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:55:10 -0700 From: Danny MacMillan In-reply-to: <200501060035.j060Zh7O014562@mp.cs.niu.edu> To: Scott Bennett Message-id: <20050106015510.GA1778@procyon.nekulturny.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <200501060035.j060Zh7O014562@mp.cs.niu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: flowers@users.sourceforge.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: burning 5.3-RELEASE CDs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:55:12 -0000 On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 06:35:43PM -0600, Scott Bennett wrote: > On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:37:41 -0700 Danny MacMillan > wrote: > > >On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 10:13:56PM -0600, Scott Bennett wrote: > >> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:21:06 -0500 Parv wrote: > >> > >> >in message <200501030936.j039arAx022411@mp.cs.niu.edu>, > >> >wrote Scott Bennett thusly... > >> >> > >> >> I've downloaded the following ISO image files: > >> >> > >> >> 5.3-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso > >> >> 5.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso > >> >> 5.3-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso > >> >> > >> >> I've also tried burning the first file to CD-Rs using Windows > >> >> XP Home's own facilities and using Sonic RecordNow! under said > >> >> system, but did not get bootable CDs either way. > >> > > >> >First time i tried the software of same name unknown version (IBM > >> >ThinkPad T42, Windows XP Professional), i selected "Data Disc" > >> >and chose the ISO image. Well, it did do its job: i got the ISO > >> >image /file/ on the CD. > >> > > >> >After more poking around in the software interface, "Burn Image" > >> >or some such option was revealed under the heading of "Data Disc" > >> >or some such. And, that too did its job: i got the mini install > >> >ISO image on CD to boot with. > >> > > >> Thanks for the suggestion. I've now gone back and found the > >> little green button in Sonic RecordNow! for making a bootable CD. > >> I then tried it with each of the first two files noted above. The > >> CDs written via the green button do get a little farther than > >> before. In the earlier case, the machine barely glanced at the CD > >> before deciding to boot from the hard drive after all. The green > >> button CDs, instead, run far enough to display a message in the > >> upper left corner of the screen that says, "Missing operating > >> system", and then hang. > > > >This is not intuitive, but you do not want to use the "make a > >bootable CD" function of Sonic RecordNow! to make a bootable CD. > > On what basis is the above statement made if you haven't used > Sonic RecordNow! ? It certainly looks to me as though the green > button is the *only* way to burn an image (not counting making an > exact copy of On the basis of your characterizing the little green button as being "for making a bootable CD", and my understanding of that function in alternative software. In short: I misunderstood. I apologize for the misdirection. -- Danny