From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 01:28:10 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 1DDA51065675 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 01:28:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo103.cox.net (eastrmfepo103.cox.net [68.230.241.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFDC28FC17 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 01:28:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo110.cox.net ([68.230.241.223]) by eastrmfepo103.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20111108012803.PHGH3804.eastrmfepo103.cox.net@eastrmimpo110.cox.net>; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 20:28:03 -0500 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.86.236]) by eastrmimpo110.cox.net with bizsmtp id uRU21h00W55wwzE02RU3n8; Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:28:03 -0500 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020206.4EB885A3.006C,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=uJ/qTlwYUPBYhdejbfpiXZ084Nq1odojvP+g2rDuwMA= c=1 sm=1 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:17 a=CjxXgO3LAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=HwnecLVu_kklZzlDj5EA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=rC2wZJ5BpNYA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pA81S2Qr020937; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:28:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:27:57 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: C Horman Message-ID: <20111107192757.58dc00f1@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1320699563.55829.YahooMailNeo@web130120.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <1320699563.55829.YahooMailNeo@web130120.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Burning CD 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: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:28:10 -0000 On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:59:23 -0800 (PST) C Horman wrote: > Hi, > I am interested in trying FreeBSD version 8.2 for an older computer > that I have. Pentium 4, with 400MB of RAM and 2G harddrive.=A0 There is > no other operating system on the computer.=A0 When I put the CD in to > boot I get the message Non System disk - disk error.=A0 I have looked > at the files on the CD and I see boot files and loader files, so it > looks like the files are available to use? Are you sure the computer is actually trying to boot from the CD drive and not from some other device? If you can see all of the files on the CD, including the /boot and other directories, this sounds like a probably cause. --=20 Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net