From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 2 18:01:25 2010 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 29508106566B for ; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:01:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from woodbine.london.02.net (woodbine.london.02.net [87.194.255.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 880718FC18 for ; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:01:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eco.config (93.97.24.219) by woodbine.london.02.net (8.5.016.1) id 4A20329606DEC8B4; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:01:12 +0000 Message-ID: <4B3F89E7.1010809@onetel.com> Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:01:11 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Shi 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: Boot from FD and DR-DOS prompt comes up while installing FreeBSD? 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: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:01:25 -0000 Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 2 Jan 2010, Paul Shi wrote: > >> I am working my way t setup a FTP server on FreeBSD however I got >> stuck at >> the very first stage - installation of FreeBSD 8.0. >> >> I downloaded FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso from FreeBSD.org and >> burned >> it with NERO to a DVD-RW disc. After that, I insert the DVD disc and boot >> from CDROM as I have chose the CDROM to be first one in boot order. >> However, >> system starts booting from FD, invokes some Caldera DR-DOS and goes to >> command prompt [DR-DOS] A:\> >> >> I am totally confused and cannot find any answer in FreeBSD handbook. >> I will >> greatly appreciate your help if anyone of you has experience with this >> weird >> problem. Thank you very much and Happy New Year! > > Nero seems to have "helped" you by making a bootable CD with a copy of > the FreeBSD ISO file on it. The A: disk is actually a simulated floppy > on the CD. > > That's not going to work. Make a new CD. Back in Windows, you might be > able to right-click the original ISO file and get a "Burn a CD" option. > Otherwise, you'll have to run the program and tell it to make the ISO > into a CD, not make a CD with the ISO on it as a file. > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA In Nero version 6 it's Recorder / Burn Image and just before you click Burn you have to select whether you are writing a CD or a DVD. Chris