Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:17:46 -0700 From: takuan@allunix.com To: Ed Watkeys <edw@poseur.com>, Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cdrecord problems to record 1 CD Message-ID: <199909291114.LAA38912@web1.aps-services.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909290650580.16101-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9909282244570.18853-100000@poseur.com>
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Date sent: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 06:52:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com> To: Ed Watkeys <edw@poseur.com> Copies to: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cdrecord problems to record 1 CD > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Ed Watkeys wrote: > > : Reading through the mkisofs man page, it that that the ISO image > : should contain all of the information necessary to make this CD-R > : bootable. Has anyone actually booted off of a CD-R that they've burnt > : from the September 17, 1999, image? The disc works fine for installing > : packages, etc., but it fails with an error during boot that looks > : something like "Booting from ATAPI CD-ROM: Failure." (Most of the > : machines around here have Award BIOS, and they all give that error.) > > This might be useful information; I don't know. I was burning a > few (untested right now) and one of the CD-Rs I had would not start > recording at sector 0; instead it tried to start recording at sector > 49,000-something. SInce the CD-R had never been used before I > assumed it was bad. Now with 49,000 extra sectors, I could not > complete the burn (it ran out of room) -- but with just a few, you > might be prevented from burning the CD... > > Just a thought :-) > > Hey Guys, I I don't know if this has anything to do with your problem. I subscribe to freebsd through Walnut Creek. Yesterday I received my 3.3 set and could not boot off of disk 1. I tried to boot off of disk 2 which is the live file system. This disk booted and also started the install script. I was just wondering are you possibly getting the same iso images? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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