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Date:      Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:09:30 -0500
From:      "gpeel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com>
To:        Rares Aioanei <bsdlisten@gmail.com>, Maxime-Etienne de Gier <maxime.etienne@gmx.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: booting
Message-ID:  <20111217160814.M86052@thenetnow.com>
In-Reply-To: <4EECA2DD.2000501@gmail.com>
References:  <1324130640.3098.3.camel@maxime-laptop> <4EECA2DD.2000501@gmail.com>

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On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:10:37 +0200, Rares Aioanei wrote
> On 12/17/2011 04:04 PM, Maxime-Etienne de Gier wrote:
> > I am really interested in Freebsd or PC-BSD but unfortunately every time
> > when I download an ISO of either of them and try to boot up (from the
> > DVD-ROM) my machine will not boot up (Laptop PackardBell).
> > Any insight?  Thanks and much regard.
> >
> >
> > Maxime.
> >
> >
> What errors do you get, if any? Is the BIOS set accordingly?
> 
> -- 
> Rares Aioanei
> 
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Are you burning the ISO image corectly i.e. making a bootable CD/DVD or are 
you just copying the ISO file to the DVD? If the latter, you need to get a 
ISO image burner (software) and burn it properly.

-Grant



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