From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 14 02:01:51 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 576CE16A4CE for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:01:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freeode.co.uk (freeode.co.uk [213.162.123.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E0C343D5A for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:01:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sub01@freeode.co.uk) Received: from lexx (lexx.freeode.co.uk [10.253.253.2]) by mail.freeode.co.uk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iAE21ks0016366 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:01:47 GMT (envelope-from sub01@freeode.co.uk) From: John Murphy To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:01:46 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: bootonly.iso? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: sub01@freeode.co.uk List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:01:51 -0000 Matthew T. Lager wrote: >Jay O'Brien wrote: >> I have successfully burned iso CDs from FreeBSD files, so I know >> my process for burning the CDs works. >> >> I burned Release 5.3's bootonly.iso file to a CD. When I put that >> CD back into my Windows machine that burned it, it is recognized >> as a blank CD. >> >> When I put that CD into my FreeBSD computer that was built from >> FreeBSD iso CDs, it doesn't work, as if it were a blank CD. >> >> What am I missing? >> >> Jay O'Brien >> >> PS.. I did try it a second time, just in case I had a bad blank CD. >Did you be sure you were downloading the .iso in binary format? If your >FTP client was transferring at ASCII, that would be your prob... My guess would be that the bootonly disc is [cough] boot only. Try booting it. :) -- John.