Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:07:18 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Burning CD Message-ID: <201111080107.pA817ID7057038@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <1320699563.55829.YahooMailNeo@web130120.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:59:23 -0800 (PST), C Horman <bjhcmh@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I am interested in trying FreeBSD version 8.2 for an older computer that I h > ave. Pentium 4, with 400MB of RAM and 2G harddrive. There is no other opera > ting system on the computer. When I put the CD in to boot I get the messag > e Non System disk - disk error. I have looked at the files on the CD and I > see boot files and loader files, so it looks like the files are available to > use? I used a free program for Windows XP to burn the ISO image to CD. Co > uld the way the ISO image was burned onto the CD cause the disk error proble > m? Do you have any free software suggestions for burning a CD in Windows X > P if this is the issue? The _first_ thing to check is the list of 'boot devices' in the computer's BIOS. Make sure the CD Drive islisted.
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