Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:13:21 -0800 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> To: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bootonly.iso? Message-ID: <4196BF41.8010801@att.net> In-Reply-To: <4196B367.8030102@att.net> References: <419699CE.8070706@att.net> <1376.24.25.209.32.1100394571.squirrel@24.25.209.32> <4196B367.8030102@att.net>
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Jay O'Brien wrote: > Matthew T. Lager wrote: > > >>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... >> >>Matt L >> >> >> >>>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. >>> > > > > I downloaded this file exactly as I did the other iso images that I > successfully burned and used. I'll download it again. > Downloaded again, and checksum ok again. I burned it on a different computer, and now I see an iso image in windows. The new CD works, and boots me into the install menu. I sure don't know what was wrong with the other two CDs I burned, but this one works. Now to find out I can use it for! Jay O'Brien
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