Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:01:39 -0300 From: Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz> To: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CD Doesn't boot Message-ID: <20050314200139.63b6f5bb@ale.varnet.bsd> In-Reply-To: <004f01c528e8$480f1980$210110ac@fortunato> References: <000e01c528af$0b1f84d0$210110ac@fortunato> <20050314132836.5d760969@ale.varnet.bsd> <004f01c528e8$480f1980$210110ac@fortunato>
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:50:54 -0600 "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> wrote: > From: "Alejandro Pulver" <alejandro@varnet.biz> > To: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> > Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 10:28 AM > Subject: Re: CD Doesn't boot > > > > 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, > > Thanks, Ale. I know how to burn images and the CD boots until the menu > where you get the choices about what kind of kernel boot you want. I > cannot boot even in safe mode. :o(. > > Teilhard. > Hello, Sorry, you did not mentioned it. What error messages do you get? Best Regards, Ale
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