Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:48:24 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: bjhcmh@yahoo.com, bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Burning CD Message-ID: <4eb908f8.1spEWN0aTgvhXICg%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <201111080107.pA817ID7057038@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201111080107.pA817ID7057038@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:59:23 -0800 (PST), C Horman <bjhcmh@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Pentium 4, with 400MB of RAM and 2G harddrive. There is no > > other operating system on the computer. When I put the CD > > in to boot I get the message Non System disk - disk error ... > > The _first_ thing to check is the list of 'boot devices' in the > computer's BIOS. Make sure the CD Drive islisted. Not just listed, but listed _ahead_ of the hard drive in the boot sequence. That "Non System disk ..." message is what an empty or data-only disk will produce if it is booted.
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