From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 11:37:16 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 197E416A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:37:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (mp.cs.niu.edu [131.156.145.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB2FF43D4C for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:37:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (bennett@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mp.cs.niu.edu (8.13.2/8.13.2/d) with ESMTP id j06Bb3fP025824; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 05:37:03 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 05:37:02 -0600 (CST) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <200501061137.j06Bb2XT025823@mp.cs.niu.edu> To: dave@horsfall.org, 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 11:37:16 -0000 Many thanks go to Dave Horsfall , who wrote the winning tip on Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:14:24 +1100 (EST): >On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Scott Bennett wrote: > >> As root, I did the following (assuming I remember the Windows path >> correctly:-): >> >> mount -t ntfs /dev/ad0s1 /mnt > >[...] > >Try copying the file to a local BSD file-system; the NTFS semantics could >be getting in the way. Also try write-once media, if you can, as I've >occasionally had difficulties with rewriteable media. > This appears to have been the ticket. I tried it first with the bootonly image, which made a bootable CD-RW. After testing its bootability, I then tried it with the disc1 image, which also worked and did boot okay. So I now have the disks I need as CD-RWs. However, I would prefer to have them as CD-Rs, but ran into a little problem. The bootonly image went onto a CD-R just fine, and the CD-R did boot right. However, at the very end of burning the disc1 image to a CD-R, I got the following message. burncd: ioctl(CDRIOCFIXATE): Input/output error I tried it again in case it were a fluke, but got the same result. The CD-R appears to boot okay, but I don't know whether the entire content of the CD-R is intact. Would I run into problems with files physically near the end of the written part of the CD-R? The disc2 image did the same thing. If someone can explain why both images went onto CD-RWs just fine, but got the error during fixation on CD-Rs, I'd like to see it. Anyway, thanks to all who responded to my plea for help. I can now move forward another inch or two toward (I hope) a usable FreeBSD system. It just kills me to have this Inspiron XPS going mostly to waste so far, but maybe 5.3 will do what 5.2.1 couldn't. :-} Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************