From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 15:19:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4E5C16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:19:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cathy.bmts.com (cathy.bmts.com [216.183.128.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28DE543D46 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:19:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rhempel@bmts.com) Received: from PC300GL (cheetah-bar-ppp036.bmts.com [216.183.159.37]) by cathy.bmts.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i7GFKph6013663 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:20:52 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ralph Hempel" To: Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:23:08 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200408161458.i7GEw3JS026580@eastgate.starhub.net.sg> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4927.1200 Importance: Normal X-bmts-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-bmts-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-MailScanner-From: rhempel@bmts.com Subject: RE: 4.10 Install failure. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: rhempel@bmts.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:19:57 -0000 > > > 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. Unless you have a crippled version of Nero, it will let you burn ISO images. You don't need UltraISO. Just cancel the stupid wizard at startup and choose File/BurnImage from the main Nero window. > 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. Also unnecessary. Nero lets you choose CDROM(boot) if you select File/New from the main menu. Just point it to the floppy image you want to burn and you are good to go. Ralph