From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 16:45:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C6BD16A4CF for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:45:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay03.pair.com (relay03.pair.com [209.68.5.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C63BB43D5E for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:45:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alejandro@varnet.biz) Received: (qmail 38139 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2005 16:27:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ale.varnet.bsd) (unknown) by unknown with SMTP; 14 Mar 2005 16:27:52 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 200.115.214.28 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:28:36 -0300 From: Alejandro Pulver To: "Teilhard Knight" Message-ID: <20050314132836.5d760969@ale.varnet.bsd> In-Reply-To: <000e01c528af$0b1f84d0$210110ac@fortunato> References: <000e01c528af$0b1f84d0$210110ac@fortunato> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: CD Doesn't boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:45:53 -0000 On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:01:10 -0600 "Teilhard Knight" wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 in a laptop which I just recently > bought. Problem is that the installation CD wouldn't boot. I have > tried burning several brands of disks and trying them in other > computers and I am now sure is not the media. I even disabled > hyperthreading in the BIOS and nothing. Anyone can offer some advise > about what to do? > > Teilhard. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" Hello, If you have set up your BIOS settings properly (to boot from a CD, and then from the disk), and it does not boot, maybe you just burned the ISO as a normal file in the CD. An ISO file is an image of the entire CD (it has a TOC, the bootable part, etc.), and to burn it there should be an option on the burning program (something containing the word "ISO", and a browser to select a file). Check this, if when you burn the cd and you read it you see only the ISO file, it is not right. If you see a lot of directories like 'boot', 'packages', it is fine, and it should boot. Best Regards, Ale