Date: 27 Apr 2001 14:17:02 -0500 From: Dave Leimbach <dleimbac@MPI-Softtech.Com> To: Andy Vo <axv71@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie - ISO image installation. Message-ID: <988399023.1383.0.camel@mpi-plusplus.mpi-softtech.com> In-Reply-To: <OE9gRvAmmRpVgRdc6Go00005445@hotmail.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104270951580.42944-100000@ns1.coastsight.com> <OE9gRvAmmRpVgRdc6Go00005445@hotmail.com>
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Yeah. You want to burn the filesystem contained in the ISO file/image. Not just the file itself. :) (I did this too the first time burning an ISO) Dave On 27 Apr 2001 10:01:40 -0700, Andy Vo wrote: > Thank you, Rick. > > You're the man. That's exactly what I did. I think that's what I did > wrong. I'll try to burn it again later today. Thank you so much for > pointing this out. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Duvall" <maillist@coastsight.com> > To: "Andy Vo" <axv71@hotmail.com> > Cc: "Ronnie Clark" <RClark@swst.com>; "Ken Bolingbroke" > <hacker@bolingbroke.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 9:53 AM > Subject: Re: newbie - ISO image installation. > > > > After the ISO is downloaded, double click on the iso image, and Easy CD > > creator will open up. Just put your blank CD in the drive and click OK... > > > > I think what you are doing is telling it to burn a Data CD, then dropping > > the ISO in it. This is the wrong way to do is, as the burned Cd will just > > show the ISO on the CD, and not the files in it. > > > > Double clicking on the ISO should get you what you want. > > > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Andy Vo wrote: > > > > > Yes, I did try with EZ-CD Creator 4.0, everything went fine, but I still > get > > > the ISO image instead of the directories and files. > > > > > > Here's the process on how I got the ISO, > > > I telnet into the linux box at work from home, because of the T1 > > > connection. From the linux box, I then ftp to ftp.freebsd.org and > download > > > the 4.3 ISO image. From a Windows box, I download the image from the > linux > > > box, and burn it onto a CD using EZ-CD Creator 4.0 > > > > > > Could anyone show me what I did wrong? Or, show me a better way of > download > > > and burn it onto a CD? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ronnie Clark" <RClark@swst.com> > > > To: "'Andy Vo'" <axv71@hotmail.com>; "Ken Bolingbroke" > > > <hacker@bolingbroke.com> > > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 9:30 AM > > > Subject: RE: newbie - ISO image installation. > > > > > > > > > > I know in EZ-CD Creator, you choose "File", "Create CD from Image..." > and > > > > then point it to the *.iso file you wish to use, and it creates it > just > > > > fine. Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Ronnie Clark > > > > A+, MCSE, CCSA, CCSE > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Andy Vo [mailto:axv71@hotmail.com] > > > > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 11:24 AM > > > > To: Ken Bolingbroke > > > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Subject: Re: newbie - ISO image installation. > > > > > > > > > > > > I think I did it wrong, I have the ISO file on my CD. Could anyone > show > > > me > > > > how to burn the ISO onto the CD correctly? So that I can view the > > > > directories and files afterward. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Ken Bolingbroke" <hacker@bolingbroke.com> > > > > To: "Andy Vo" <axv71@hotmail.com> > > > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 1:59 PM > > > > Subject: Re: newbie - ISO image installation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The ISO image is an exact image of the CD. You should burn it > straight > > > to > > > > > the CD, and when you do, you'll have a CD on which you can read lots > of > > > > > directories and files, and from which you can boot directly into the > > > > > FreeBSD install. > > > > > > > > > > If you have a CD in which you see the ISO file, you did it wrong. > > > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Andy Vo wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I had it burnt on the CD, but I don't know how to start the > > > Installation > > > > > > procress from ISO image from the CD. I read the installation > > > > instruction > > > > > > at > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install.html, > > > > > > but I cannot find information on how to do it from ISO image. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> > > > > > > To: "Rick Duvall" <maillist@coastsight.com>; "Andy Vo" > > > > <axv71@hotmail.com> > > > > > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 1:43 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: newbie - ISO image installation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > using Adaptec EzCD 4.x or later > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "Rick Duvall" <maillist@coastsight.com> > > > > > > > To: "Andy Vo" <axv71@hotmail.com> > > > > > > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:18 AM > > > > > > > Subject: Re: newbie - ISO image installation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Burn it to a CD... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Andy Vo wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could someone show me or direct me to the source, where I > find > > > > > > > information > > > > > > > > > on how to install fredBSD from the ISO image download. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > > http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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