Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 14:24:23 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff <akruijff@dds.nl> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: scott mcclellan <scottmcclellan@starband.net>, 'Nigel Soon' <ns@sundive.homeunix.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A huge THANK YOU!!!!! Message-ID: <200303091424.23292.akruijff@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <200303081427.19846.kstewart@owt.com> References: <000001c2e4f5$11adf9d0$4b944094@mooeymachine> <3E6A05B4.5000104@potentialtech.com> <200303081427.19846.kstewart@owt.com>
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On Saturday 08 March 2003 23:27, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Saturday 08 March 2003 07:01 am, Bill Moran wrote: > > akruijff@dds.nl wrote: > > > Citeren Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>: > > >>scott mcclellan wrote: > > >>>Was there anything about ISO imaging anywhere that I just missed > > >>> or slipped over without actually reading? I didn't notice > > >>> anything on the FreeBSD site or handbook. > > >> > > >>Unfortunately, I think this is one of those things that it's just > > >>_assumed_ that everybody knows. I've never seen a good > > >> explanation, anywhere of what an iso is and how it should be > > >> handled. > > > > > > If you mean making your own iso image then have a look at "Making > > > Customized Bootable FreeBSD CD/Floppies". As to buring it. I use > > > the same approce as the author of this. I use a Windows computer. > > > > > > :o > > > > That's my point. If you want to know how to create your own CDs > > and build bootable CDs and things like that, there are articles > > everywhere. However, if you're _very_ new and just want to burn an > > iso that you've downloaded, there's no basic introduction to what > > you're doing and how to go about it. > > I'm not sure what is missing here. All of the cdburners that I am > aware of have the ability to burn iso's. I went through one time and > listed where the capability was found on the Windows based ones that > I had used. I have standardized on Nero 5.5 and finding how to burn > an iso image with Nero is one of the more dificult. You almost have > to read the FAQ on their web page. On the rest of the Windows > burners, you can almost double click the *.iso file and it will bring > your CD-ROM burner program up in the burn-image mode. > > The man page for burncd in the examples at the bottom tells you that > the file written to a data CD is an iso image. It even points you to > mkisofs, which is used to make the iso image. > I just saw that the freebsd handbook (www.freebsd.org/handbook) has some notes on this under the title: Creating and Using Optical Media (CDs & DVDs) -- Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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