From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 1 15:40: 1 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 5AD1537B401 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:40:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from pursued-with.net (adsl-66-125-9-242.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [66.125.9.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9DCE43E4A for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:39:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net) Received: from babelfish (babelfish [192.168.168.42]) by pursued-with.net (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gA1NduAG047891; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:39:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:39:56 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin Stevens Reply-To: Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net To: Steve Holmlund Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Solution to why my 4.7 CD wouldn't boot my machine In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021101153820.M47856-100000@babelfish.pursued-with.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Steve Holmlund wrote: > I figured out why a 4.7 CD that I had downloaded as an ISO image and burned > wouldn't boot my machine. > > It had to do with the kind of blank CD I was using. I switched from GQ > 700MB/80 minute blank CD (dirt cheap at Fry's in Palo Alto) back to a Maxell > 650MB/74 minute CD. That did the trick. > > Any explanation as to why this is so would be appreciated. It may have FWIW, I used the GQ dirt cheap at Fry's CDRs to burn/boot 4.7 successfully. I agree it's probably a borderline drive/disk compatibility issue. KeS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message