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Date:      Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:33:27 -0400
From:      Tyler Parrott <tparrott@gmail.com>
To:        rhempel@bmts.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.10 Install failure.
Message-ID:  <8550301b040816083348caeb19@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAEBIOGHPFFJALBLJBEDCELBGKAA.rhempel@bmts.com>
References:  <CAEBIOGHPFFJALBLJBEDCELBGKAA.rhempel@bmts.com>

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After reading that, I think it might be possible that I burnt the
images correctly, but I simply did not make the CD's bootable.  I was
using k3b to burn the images, but I might just have a go at it with
Nero.  Thanks!

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:23:08 -0400, Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > I am havign some trouble installing FreeBSD 4.10 on my PC.  I
> > > > downloaded an ISO image (and verified the checksum) from the
> > > Canadian
> > > > FreeBSD FTP site.  After burning the image to CD, I checked the
> > > > checksums, which were the same.
> > > >
> > > > When I put the CD in the drive and attempt to boot from it, I just
> > > get
> > > > a register dump and the computer halts.
> >
> >
> > I have just got over a similar painful learning experience.
> > I made a dumb mistake that might help you. I first just burnt the
> > ISO file to a CD like I would any other file. (I had no idea what
> > an ISO image was :))
> >
> > After i discovered that you need special software to burn
> > an ISO image, I downloaded the trial version of UltraISO
> > software.  It wanted to use Nero Burning ROM to actually
> > do the burn. Once I had these 2 bits of software installed,
> > I could actually use the CD's I burnt.
> 
> Unless you have a crippled version of Nero, it will let you burn
> ISO images. You don't need UltraISO. Just cancel the stupid
> wizard at startup and choose File/BurnImage from the main
> Nero window.
> 
> > I also burnt CD's of the 2 flp images. I happened to use Sonic
> > Record Now to do that, and there was a button I could press
> > that read the flp image and created a bootable CD.
> 
> Also unnecessary. Nero lets you choose CDROM(boot) if you select
> File/New from the main menu. Just point it to the floppy image
> you want to burn and you are good to go.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> 
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