Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:28:36 -0300 From: Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz> To: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CD Doesn't boot Message-ID: <20050314132836.5d760969@ale.varnet.bsd> In-Reply-To: <000e01c528af$0b1f84d0$210110ac@fortunato> References: <000e01c528af$0b1f84d0$210110ac@fortunato>
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:01:10 -0600 "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> 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
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