From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Feb 26 4:32:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hbgimc03.state.pa.us (hbgimc03.state.pa.us [206.224.21.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B10A237B400 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 04:32:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by hbgimc03.state.pa.us with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 07:32:41 -0500 Message-ID: <47AF88335955D511820600D0B784A8E001634610@hbgpri37> From: "Reeves, Maurice" To: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Can't boo from image CD Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 07:32:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ISOs create bootable discs from regular PC's, but a common mistake made by people burning ISO's for the first time is to just transfer the ISO to a disc (ie a direct copy) so the contents of the disc say 4.5-install.iso Most burning software has an option named "Make CD from Disc Image" which then prompts you for the CD Image location and it makes a disc which will have the tools needed to install FreeBSD. Hope that helps. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message