Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:43:10 -0400 From: Tyler Parrott <tparrott@gmail.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.10 Install failure. Message-ID: <8550301b040816084311805b30@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200408161536.i7GFamA28975@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200408161536.i7GFamA28975@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Yeah, right after I sent that email I read about the image already being bootable. I supposed I should do my homework before making my posts:) Anyways, the image is burnt correctly, so I'm back to where I started with no idea how to move forward... On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:36:47 -0400 (EDT), Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > > 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 <rhempel@bmts.com> 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" > > > >
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