From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 29 22:13:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 7E95816A4E5 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:13:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2009943D46 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:13:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.06/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k6TMDjdM029613 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:13:45 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.7.216] (pinocchio.dyn.cs.washington.edu [128.208.7.216]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k6TMDjG9003691 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:13:45 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <200607292104.k6TL4ba9029752@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200607292104.k6TL4ba9029752@clunix.cl.msu.edu> X-Gpgmail-State: !signed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1339FBF0-7138-4CD6-A77A-5051E10AA491@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:17:49 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.7.29.145432 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: Can I Make my own CD ROM bootable from this ftp server: 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: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:13:46 -0000 On Jul 29, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >> Dear FreeBSD >> Can I make my own bootable CD from FreeBSD, actually from the ftp >> server: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.1-RELEASE ? >> I really need it. I can't pay for your CD ROM so any help would be >> very >> much appreciated. >> I'll download everything and put it on a CD and burn it under Nero >> as a >> bootable CD. > > Just download the CD ISO image and burn it. > The image is already a bootable ISO so don't try to do > any conversions. Just burn it and boot it. > > I don't know Nero so I don't know what choices it offers. > But, generally you just want a plain burn plus fixate. > > ////jerry > >> Please Help ME All ISO's posted the FreeBSD sites (and other BSD and Linux sites for that matter) are bootable media; the only time that you should be creating bootable media is when you, yourself, are making a bootdisk from files. -Garrett