From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 12 23:58:37 2011 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 58390106564A for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:58:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp4.iomartmail.com (asmtp4.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 960288FC18 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:58:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp4.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp4.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id pBCNwYNO031130; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:58:34 GMT Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (host-92-22-125-39.as13285.net [92.22.125.39]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp4.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id pBCNwXUE031123; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:58:33 GMT Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5A94E33C1F; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:58:33 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:58:33 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Jerry McAllister Message-ID: <20111212235833.GC69009@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20111212230529.GC42821@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111212230529.GC42821@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Installing free bsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:58:37 -0000 --tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 06:05:29PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > First of all, always include the list in a response to something > from the list. Other people will be reading and may well know > more than me or any other person who responds. eg, don't just=20 > send the follow-on question back to the one responding. Send it > to the list. >=20 >=20 > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:26:06PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: >=20 > > do direct ftp to disk? And what do you mean by fixate? >=20 > No. You ftp the file down to the local machine and then use a CD burning= =20 > utility to burn file to the CD. On FreeBSD there is one called 'burncd'. > I am not familiar with the ones on a MS system, but there are several > available. Maybe someone else will suggest one or there is probably > some information in the handbook. >=20 > Fixate is something that finishes writing a terminal record on > the CD image or something like that. I don't really know in > detail. I think some burner utilities do it automatically with > no choice. The burncd utility needs to have you specify it. >=20 > ////jerry >=20 >=20 > >=20 > > On 12/12/11, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:36:04PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > > > > > >> Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It > > >> was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. > > >> Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. > > >> Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? > > > > > > Well, the .iso files you get from the FreeBSD distribution are ISO > > > image files that need to be burned directly to a disk. There is no > > > other processing or formatting that may be done. > > > > > > I do not know what you mean by 'unzipped to a cd rom'. I have never > > > done anything that sounded like that. > > > > > > You should just download the .iso file and burn in to a fresh cd > > > and fixate it. Then boot it. > > > > > > ////jerry > > > I've used Nero in the past on a Windows system to burn an ISO. You can download it (probably timebombed) from http://www.tucows.com/ I think. Instructions on burning and fixating are here: http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk7mlSgACgkQHduKvUAgeK7SBwCeNRCXi3Va6K+POcLaQJyHGboT ROQAoLp0e+prbBmBMOTRqF3ylncUMUc9 =bxSc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0--