From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 15:37:22 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 F3AAE16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:37:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70D1E43D1D for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:37:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i7GFamA28975; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:36:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200408161536.i7GFamA28975@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: tyler@boardom.ca Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:36:47 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <8550301b040816083348caeb19@mail.gmail.com> from "Tyler Parrott" at Aug 16, 2004 11:33:27 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: rhempel@bmts.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.10 Install failure. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:37:22 -0000 > > After reading that, I think it might be possible that I burnt the > images correctly, but I simply did not make the CD's bootable. I was > using k3b to burn the images, but I might just have a go at it with > Nero. Thanks! The CD image that you download from the FreeBSD site is already a bootable ISO. It needs to be written to the CD as a raw file and not converted or processed in any way. It should not be put in a file system on the CD or processed to be bootable, or etc. It is already a complete CD image. ////jerry > > On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:23:08 -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >