From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 15:02:00 2004 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 7D39A16A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:02:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from c-67-169-173-160.client.comcast.net (c-67-169-173-160.client.comcast.net [67.169.173.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A58D43D31 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:02:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmk@c-67-169-173-160.client.comcast.net) Received: from c-67-169-173-160.client.comcast.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by c-67-169-173-160.client.comcast.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EBD5A7 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:01:59 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4 To: questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:01:59 -0800 From: "Brian M. Kincaid" Message-Id: <20040312230159.2EBD5A7@c-67-169-173-160.client.comcast.net> Subject: Re: 5.2.1-release iso images broken? 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: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:02:00 -0000 >On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 02:12:37PM -0500, scion+fbsdq@webrelay.net wrote: >> I've been trying to boot up a Compaq 1850. Aside from it hanging >> on booting I noticed that I was booting with 5.2.1-RC, not -release >> So, d/l the latest iso and now the darned machine won't boot from >> the 5.2.1-release cds at all. Doesn't even see them. I've booted >> this machine up on 3 or 4 different linuxen, Fbsd4.9, Solaris 8, >> even openDarwin 7. I've burned several cds of 5.2.1-release-mininst >> but no joy. >> >> So, off to another pc and golly if the cd won't boot there either! >> >> Is there a known problem with the i386 iso images for 5.2.1-release? > >Not that I've heard of. The most likely explanation is that your >download was corrupted, or your CD did not burn correctly. Did you >verify the MD5 hash of the ISO image after you downloaded it, and did >you do the same for the CD you burned? > >Kris How do you do the MD5 hash of a whole CD? Thanks, Brian -- Brian M. Kincaid PGP Key: http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x33656401