From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 18:57:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D97916A41B for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:57:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman@crackmonkey.us) Received: from crackmonkey.us (crackmonkey.us [70.58.166.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3940013C46B for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:57:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman@crackmonkey.us) Received: from [10.22.8.146] (cpc1-swin7-0-0-cust216.brhm.cable.ntl.com [::ffff:86.18.88.217]) (AUTH: PLAIN fatman, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by crackmonkey.us with esmtp; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:57:45 -0600 id 0017C05A.46CF2A2E.00000EE9 Message-ID: <46CF298D.5010305@crackmonkey.us> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:55:09 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:57:57 -0000 lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca wrote: > 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? > 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning > more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) > 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? > 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is > corrupted? Hi Larry. Could it be the quality of the media you're burning to? I don't know if it's still a problem, but it used to be. These days I always make sure to burn to Verbatim discs, as I've heard many good reports of their manufacturing process as compared to others. It could be that you've just got a bad batch of discs. Here's another thought, why not try making a copy of your FreeBSD 5.4 install disc? That should indicate whether the fault appears at download time or burn time. HtH, Adam J Richardson