From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 5 03:59:19 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C83721065789 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2011 03:59:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EB698FC08 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2011 03:59:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so2845036iwn.13 for ; Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:59:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=FcqgeFpxB/OngdzHr7IPT4j25Kq0vHm7h5EPldwuLXM=; b=uU8pgzXSiezIzWZk60SWyvj1QhqMdiruwlJ4qQrFuYo4w4fuEAIEQO4GP15/6hGEpr GTZi21fxwsaV+UH2k6kGsKjmghWTFJAXFQpQ4n2DSZGZs9EC7wLBUmk1GuWEHt4jx+5A cG90RuFwLt+UFccH/HfMw983xuUd3Va8mf+kM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=QEu8pv8Ijlp9mtJHfFilXectDuy6uJMuddrTvavHzbaKqbG860vAQyLoR9MIp2Mxih v2eVNw8FWcOaeg7f6i/FA1N9g8EGd+pwJI8k1/veAUeCt7ATTLrexMKz3D2V69Mjkl5G vgsJBhp92BBmILCZO8yzFlnG4hhjldbI214N8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.192.73 with SMTP id dp9mr13908036ibb.20.1296876566520; Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:29:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.144.11 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Feb 2011 19:29:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:29:26 -0500 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Chuck Bacon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does my 8.2-RC3 dvd1 boot DOS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:59:20 -0000 On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Chuck Bacon wrote: > I downloaded it yesterday. Here's the facts: > > 1. md5 matches CHECKSUM.MD5 > > 2. When I boot off the BIOS, it takes a half minute or so, and > then: voila! PC-DOS boots, and for all the world look as > though it will boot a larger system; except it doesn't have > a clue. > > Here's the hypothesis: The FreeBSD-8.3-RC3 boot loader doesn't > satisfy my BIOS, and the BIOS looks through the dvd until it finds > one of the DOS boot loaders provided by some fdisk variant. > Any ideas why? > > If nothing else, I'll download disc1. Praps that'll work! > > Many thanks, > Chuck Bacon -- crtb@cape.com > ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY > In FreeBSD DVD , there is NO any PC-DOS . Please , check your BIOS boot device sequence list . In that list CD/DVD drive should come before HDD , if it exists in that list . If CD/DVD drive is listed before HDD , but it is NOT booting from DVD : Your DVD is NOT burned properly , or , your BIOS is NOT able to boot from DVD . In that case CD may be used . For that case , manual of your computer may be helpful to understand its booting ability . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk