Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:16:47 +0000 From: <lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca> To: sonicy@otenet.gr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot Message-ID: <BAY105-F20E93AB73FC63F7B7929D283D00@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <46CF24A4.2080503@otenet.gr>
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Hi, Manoliis: I took your advice. I copied the burned iso file into a FreeBSD directory and ran md5 and the check digits did not match. I then copied my downloaded iso image from Win98 into FreeBSD and ran md5 and the digits did match. So there was nothing wrong with the iso of disc1 that I downloaded from the web site into Win98. It must have been the burning of the file in Win98 with Nero Express that was the problem. So I burned another copy of the iso in FreeBSd with burncd using: burncd -f /dev/acd1 6.2-RELEASE-i386.iso fixate and it booted just fine. Thanks for all of your suggestions and advice. Now I will be spending the better part of the weekend doing the installation of 6.2. Wish me luck. Have a great day, Larry >From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> >To: <lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca> >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot >Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:34:12 +0300 > >lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have > > downloaded it and burned it three times without success. > > > > I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had > > decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would > > like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and > > burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to > > reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my > > CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the > > 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything > > appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just > > can't seem to boot from it. > > > > 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? > >Could be that you are burning the file as a real file on a disk instead >of burning it as an image? >You need to select the option from your program that is similar to >"create cd from iso image" > > > 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning > > more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) > >No. Instead you should check the file you already downloaded > > > 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? > >Not really, no > > > 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is > > corrupted? > > >Yes. From the site you downloaded the iso files, download the CHECKSUM >files as well. >There are two of them, CHEKSUM.md5 and CHECKSUM.SHA256 >One would be enough to validate your download. For example look at the >CHECKSUM.md5 file: >For disk1, the checksum is: > >MD5 (6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso) = 3d27214700687c0b5390e8b6dd3706e3 > >you can validate this with the md5 command from FreeBSD, or if you don't >wish to reboot from win98, here is and md5 command for windows: > >http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/md5.zip > >use something like: > >md5 6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso > >and compare the output to the one on the file. > > BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through > > FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE > > i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time. > > > >I've bought stuff from them: copies of the handbook, tshirts, sticker, >beastie dolls :) >Good service. > > > Any suggestions, advice, or comments would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Larry > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > > > >Best of luck, > >Manolis
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