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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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