From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 13 00:15:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3DC1065670 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:15:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noeldude@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48F148FC1D for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:15:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnp1 with SMTP id p1so8402355ggn.13 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:15:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=X0E1pPylsrpdIYDbzdUFapLlREL90prBHn3AW3BWvsA=; b=xy6Tn6ZX+923BsbT2Zq7lWbgVD9rtowrxRKWNhzrG4OZYWlr1LQaApwdVXDDVJjCyS JNYDmjIIMQIYJgyIC56VgN9JTZ2QuLAHLS8KwTr2eCUUZxIof/RHclLLcDpbRUeeiVq5 aCG7Kodl4GPz1udCAJmRWWcMJPyb2DAThLJys= Received: by 10.236.153.226 with SMTP id f62mr457711yhk.62.1323733729688; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:48:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.70.197] ([12.107.221.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a11sm23320821anc.11.2011.12.12.15.48.47 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:48:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EE692DF.1000604@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:48:47 -0600 From: Noel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20111212230529.GC42821@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20111212230529.GC42821@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Installing free bsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:15:35 -0000 On 12/12/2011 5:05 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:26:06PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: >> do direct ftp to disk? And what do you mean by fixate? > No. You ftp the file down to the local machine and then use a CD burning > utility to burn file to the CD. Daniel, An ISO file is basically a "snapshot" of a CD (or DVD or BlueRay) disc. You need special software to burn the image to a CD. Do NOT open the ISO file and copy the contents to a CD; that won't work. Windows 7 includes the ability to burn an iso; right-click the .iso file and pick "Burn disc image". For WinXP/Vista (or if you want a little more control in Win7), you need an iso burner program. Here's a free one I've used this in the past: http://www.ntfs.com/iso_burner_free.htm -- Noel Jones