Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 11:53:53 -0700 (PDT) From: The Almonds <cjalmond@yahoo.com> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> Cc: User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>, Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.3 iso installation image issues-resolved Message-ID: <20010708185353.66658.qmail@web9606.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3B488C54.89E5C2D8@urx.com>
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Kent, Yes, I was able to just double-click and burn as long as I choose disc-at-once with EZCD 5.01 on a CDRW and it boots and installs on my desktop and my laptop just fine. Curtis --- Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> wrote: > > > The Almonds wrote: > > > > All, > > After burning 10 CD-r's using ezcd 4.0, 5.0, 5.01 > and > > using 80min and 74 minute media the issue was > resolved > > by simply downloading the iso image again. > Evidently, > > my original iso file was not the complete image > and > > the file size did not match the file on the FTP > site. > > On the site where the *.iso is located is a > CHECKSUM.MD5 that you can > use values in it to check your file. I have a > md5.exe that I either > found on sourceforge or Simtel. > > > > > Just goes to say that when you have an issue start > > with the basics first. It will save a lot of > time. > > Were you able to just double click the file to burn > it? > > Kent > > > > Thanks for everyones help, > > Curtis > > > > --- User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas > > <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > If you have a Windows machine you can use > RAWRITE > > > after mounting the > > > CDROM, or maybe you could download kern.flp and > > > mfsroot.flp form > > > freebsd.org and use dd on those files. > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:16:35AM -0400, Joe > > > Clarke wrote: > > > > > El Torrito, if memory serves me, is a chain > of > > > Mexican restaurants. The > > > > > El Torrito boot extensions for CDs were > thought > > > up there (or just named > > > > > after it). El Torrito isn't a CD format per > se. > > > They're extensions for > > > > > making a ISO-9660 CD bootable. > > > > > > > > Ok, thanks! Now I know.... > > > > > > > > > That said, you may have a problem booting > off of > > > CD on a 486. You should > > > > > be able to mount the CD with a command like: > > > > > > > > > > mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom > > > > > > > > > > Just replace acd0c with whatever your CD > device > > > is. If you have an entry > > > > > in /etc/fstab, you could also just do "mount > > > /cdrom" (or whatever your CD > > > > > mountpoint is). After that, you could dd > the > > > floppy images to floppies, > > > > > and boot that way. > > > > > > > > Paraphrasing /var/run/dmesg.boot I have: > > > > > > > > wdc1 -> HDD Controller #2 > > > > |___ acd0 NEC (ATAPI) CD-ROM drive slot0 > > > > |___ acd1 slot1 > > > > |___ acd2 slot2 > > > > |___ acd3 slot3 > > > > > > > > Paraphrasing /etc/fstab I have: > > > > > > > > /dev/acd0c -> /cdrom > > > > /dev/acd1c -> /cdrom1 > > > > /dev/acd2c -> /cdrom2 > > > > /dev/acd3c -> /cdrom3 > > > > > > > > Yet when I did a 'mount /cdrom' the system > went > > > into a coma ;) I couldn't > > > > get nothing out of the keyboard. I tried ^C; > ^D; > > > ^Z and anything else > > > > that I could think of, but to no avail. I had > to > > > turn the power off -- > > > > yuk! BTW, /dev does have the above devices. So > I > > > thought it was because > > > > of the El Torrito thing ;) Any ideas? TIA... > > > > -- > > > > -duke > > > > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the > body > > > of the message > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of > > > the message > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > Cool site > http://www.bmwfilms.com > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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