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Date:      Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:16:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        la3sg@sensewave.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: problem with 4.7 iso
Message-ID:  <200210142216.g9EMGki12609@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3DAB4616.15899.F2F25F@localhost> from "Kjell" at Oct 14, 2002 10:32:54 PM

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> To:             	freebsd@ccstores.com (Jim Pazarena)
> Copies to:      	freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject:        	Re: problem with 4.7 iso
> From:           	swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen)
> Date sent:      	14 Oct 2002 12:25:31 -0700
> 
> > freebsd@ccstores.com (Jim Pazarena) writes:
> > 
> > > Not sure if this is the group to report this. I have downloaded
> > > the iso's from 4.2 on, without a problem until this.
> > 
> > Correct group.  If nobody helps here, then you can usually ask on
> > about 4.x on freebsd-stable without getting complaints (say you asked
> > here first).  But in this case it's highly likely that the problem's
> > at your end.
> > > 
> > > After composing the above, I downloaded the mini 4.7 iso, burnt a disk,
> > > and once again the boot process stops at text=0x2833b1 !
> > 
> If it is any comfort, I do have problems with the 4.7 ISOs also. I have 
> downloaded and burned ISOs from 4.2 through 4.6.2 with no problems. I 
> have downloaded 3 copies of 4.7 from different sites, and my Nero CD 
> burning program gives the same error message on all 3. The resulting 
> CDs are not bootable, and the kernel can not be read when the CDs are 
> used as data disks. As a check I downloaded another copy of 4.6.2, 
> and the resulting CD was perfect.
> Kjell

As additional perspective,  I just downloaded the 4.7-mini.iso and
it boots and appears to configure and install just fine though it is 
still in the middle of downloading and extracting stuff.
This on a DELL 4600 server.

////jerry


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