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On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 19:04 -0500, Jose wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> Let me start by saying I am new to FreeBSD. I downloaded the iso, burned it
> to disk and installed the software. However when I restart the pc after the
> install I get an error message that it cannot find the kernel. I have gone
> through the install several times already with the same results. Any idea on
> what I could be doing wrong.
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
>  
> 
> Jose
> 
> New to FreeBSD
> 
> 

Did you burn it as an ISO, to make a bootable disk?  This is one of the
options in many Windows CD packages such as Nero, and it is essential
that you do this.

More info at:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html