From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 17 16:34:52 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45AA5106566B for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:34:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from juvix88@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD8088FC15 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:34:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdr11 with SMTP id dr11so8026963wgb.31 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:34:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=IHpFWQWWqM3pzn970280c+7JOQH86SANj/jOSg3XTXU=; b=BMkNloQwQgglCaqhY7vgn+CIp8ggg82D93oYtfL5xPfzv8R+M1G/sRq2TYFfyCJhjn oKDDiU66EXLdzJk5mzqmTEgY33a2baqx0et2qAf44V67I6B2dIUHFSZQivsUzG/h5KF7 kAOl6u6/yL2iyJ30Fdx121vb1Y7e0xax53Ohw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.74.211 with SMTP id w19mr18798537wiv.7.1324139690746; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:34:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.92.231 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:34:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.92.231 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:34:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1324130640.3098.3.camel@maxime-laptop> References: <1324130640.3098.3.camel@maxime-laptop> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:34:50 -0500 Message-ID: From: Jonathan Vomacka To: Maxime-Etienne de Gier Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:34:52 -0000 On Dec 17, 2011 9:04 AM, "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. > > > -- > Maxime-Etienne de Gier > > _______________________________________________ > 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" Any errors? What is the experience when you try to boot? We can not map a problem to an entire manufacturer since the only mentioned was that it was a Packard bell. I know this might sound like a stupid question, but did you verify the md5sum of the download before you burned the iso?. please give us detailed information so we can help you out.