Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:58:29 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> Cc: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>, FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: burning an FBSD iso image using MS/Windows Message-ID: <3CCECD35.1040302@potentialtech.com> References: <200204290601.g3T61ha08467@lv.raad.tartu.ee> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEDBCPAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <20020430152947.GA14709@irrelevant.org>
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Simon Dick wrote: > Easy CD Creator and CDRWIN can both burn ISOs properly from memory, > read the manuals for more info as I can't remember how off the top of > my head Make sure you're not using a CD-RW blank. Some windows-based CD software won't burn ISOs properly on rewritable CDs. Whether this is a bug or feature is beyond me (I'm not that versed in how CD burning works) it's just been my experience. Burning bootable FreeBSD CDs on CD-Rs has always worked for me, whatever software I use (usually cdrecord, but occasionally different windows programs as well) > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 11:00:29AM -0400, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > >>Could you please expand on this subject. >>What is the manufacture of your cd r/w device? >>What software do you use to write an iso image file so it gets >>expanded into multiple files on the cd? >>Do you know of any free software that will write iso image >>to cd using MS/Windows? >> >>I have an HP 9500 and the software that came with it does not >>write iso image files. I even emailed the HP tech support and they >>said they know of no MS/Windows cd writer that writes iso image files >>as expanded files. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Toomas Aas [mailto:toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee] >>Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:00 AM >>To: Joe & Fhe Barbish; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>Subject: RE: Hello >> >>Hello! >> >> >>>The FBSD 4 CD set is available from many FBSD FTP sites. Many people think >>>they can just download the ISO image, burn it to CD and away they go. Well >>>here a news flash for you, it's not that easy. First of all the ISO image >>> >>is >> >>>not supported in the MS/Windows world. Sure you can download it and burn >>> >>it >> >>>to an CD using MS/Windows, but you end up with a data disk, not an >>> >>bootable >> >>>CD, which it has to be to install from. >>> >>What??? >> >>I have downloaded and burned several ISO images (3.2, 3.4, 4.4, 4.5) >>using MS Windows and they have always turned out right (i.e. >>bootable). >>-- >>Toomas Aas | toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ >>* How much net work could a network work, if a network could net work? >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> > -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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