Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:57:24 +0800 From: "Peter Ryan" <pryan@singnet.com.sg> To: <Barbish3@adelphia.net>, <tyler@boardom.ca>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 4.10 Install failure. Message-ID: <200408161458.i7GEw3JS026580@eastgate.starhub.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGEEEDGJAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>
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> > Hey All, > > > > I am havign some trouble installing FreeBSD 4.10 on my PC. I > > downloaded an ISO image (and verified the checksum) from the > Canadian > > FreeBSD FTP site. After burning the image to CD, I checked the > > checksums, which were the same. > > > > When I put the CD in the drive and attempt to boot from it, I just > get > > a register dump and the computer halts. I have just got over a similar painful learning experience. I made a dumb mistake that might help you. I first just burnt the ISO file to a CD like I would any other file. (I had no idea what an ISO image was :)) After i discovered that you need special software to burn an ISO image, I downloaded the trial version of UltraISO software. It wanted to use Nero Burning ROM to actually do the burn. Once I had these 2 bits of software installed, I could actually use the CD's I burnt. I also burnt CD's of the 2 flp images. I happened to use Sonic Record Now to do that, and there was a button I could press that read the flp image and created a bootable CD. (This was pretty useful because the floppy drive in the PC was unusable) Hope this helps Peter
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