From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 24 11:08:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6E141065671 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C678FC1B for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:08:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so3252287wxd.7 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:08:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.108.1 with SMTP id k1mr11400504wam.14.1206356894709; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio ( [67.189.206.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i49sm11331286rne.0.2008.03.24.04.08.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:07:54 -0400 From: Gerard To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080324070754.4253f18d@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <1206325092.6973.91.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <108666.9038.qm@web83401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <1206227405.6973.50.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20080324015123.GB75985@demeter.hydra> <1206325092.6973.91.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q X-Operating-System: FreeBSD-6.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_//ePm2=oaW=9e8JQaIKB88y."; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: Re: I'd like some help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:08:17 -0000 --Sig_//ePm2=oaW=9e8JQaIKB88y. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:18:11 +1000 Da Rock wrote: > On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 19:51 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:10:04AM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > >=20 > > > On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 14:58 -0700, Matthew Woodson wrote: > > > > I've been learning about a bunch of the BSD OSes, and i want to > > > > try Free BSD, but i can't figure out how to download it and the > > > > instructions don't make sense. I am running Windows XP OS- can > > > > you tell me how to download Free BSD with it? > > >=20 > > > Go to the download section of the site and download the iso > > > files. Once you have those, double click on them and burn them to > > > disk. > > Last I checked, the MS Windows built-in CD burning software didn't > > do burning from an image -- you'd need third-party software. > > Burning an ISO without such software would just result in a copy of > > the ISO on the CD, rather than a CD that would boot up an installer. > Which software were you using and how long ago? I've used Roxio, Nero, > and Easy CD Creator- all of which did that. Most bundled burning > software will do it automatically. They offer burn from cd/dvd image, > as well as data cd creation, so when you double click on an iso file > it sets up to burn the image for you. >=20 > If you haven't got the bundled software installed I agree with you > though. Fairly uncommon though. You can get some free utilities here: http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm --=20 Gerard gerard@seibercom.net The thrill is here, but it won't last long You'd better have your fun before it moves along... --Sig_//ePm2=oaW=9e8JQaIKB88y. Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfni5MACgkQ6DWTaTcTwMktZgCfSgJYly7VaflCBOcRClqhmA8g PkAAnRdHC1rtWjt6ARKSH3uCv6agcdAC =D0w8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_//ePm2=oaW=9e8JQaIKB88y.--