Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:59:46 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: booting Message-ID: <1324133986.49548.YahooMailNeo@web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1324130640.3098.3.camel@maxime-laptop> References: <1324130640.3098.3.camel@maxime-laptop>
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=A0=0A=0A________________________________=0A=0AFrom: Maxime-Etienne de Gier= <maxime.etienne@gmx.com>=0ATo: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org =0ASent: Satu= rday, December 17, 2011 9:04 AM=0ASubject: booting=0A=0A=0AI am really inte= rested in Freebsd or PC-BSD but unfortunately every time=0Awhen I download = an ISO of either of them and try to boot up (from the=0ADVD-ROM) my machine= will not boot up (Laptop PackardBell).=0AAny insight?=A0 Thanks and much r= egard.=0A=0A=0AMaxime.=0A=0A=0A-- =0AMaxime-Etienne de Gier <maxime.etienne= @gmx.com>=0A=0A_______________________________________________=0Afreebsd-qu= estions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinf= o/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-u= nsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0AWe have to start with the basics here:=0A=0A1.= You say you download the iso but you don't indicate that your burn the iso= to DVD. Sorry, don't mean to cast any doubts on your ability but we get lo= ts of posts from new users who simply copy the iso file to a DVD and then e= xpect it to boot. The iso file must be translated by a program like Nero, o= r burncd in order to make it bootable.=0A=0A2. What exactly are the error m= essages you are seeing on the screen at the time it attempts to boot?
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