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Date:      Mon, 26 Aug 2002 09:53:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
To:        Shane&Lisa <randomwords@shaw.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bootable CD.
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208260952220.20000-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <3D69C6E1.5DDCFB92@shaw.ca>

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On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Shane&Lisa wrote:

> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:12:50 -0600
> From: Shane&Lisa <randomwords@shaw.ca>
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Bootable CD.
> 
> I downloaded a iso from ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/stable-iso/(er,
> somethin').
> I burned it on OS9 for MAC as a Standard 9660 but my PC (another
> computer won't boot it...)
> Is it cheap CD's?
> Bad burner?
> More complicated than just burning an .iso file to disk?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Shane
> 
> 

On some (mostly elder) PCs you need to manually enable booting from a CD 
in the BIOS - perhaps this s the issue? What do you see on the CD if you 
view its contents on your Mac?


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