From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 30 11:15: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB66337B401 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:15:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cmsoutbound.mx.net (cmsrelay02.mx.net [165.212.11.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25AEB43E65 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:15:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from liquid_net@usa.net) Received: from uadvg133.cms.usa.net (HELO localhost) (165.212.11.133) by cmsoutbound.mx.net with SMTP; 30 Sep 2002 18:14:57 -0000 Received: from gw.smtp.postoffice.net [165.212.8.2] by uadvg133.cms.usa.net via mtad (CM.0402.2.02C) with ESMTP id 819gidsPB0798M33; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:15:01 GMT Received: from 4.34.157.28 [4.34.157.28] by uwdvg002.cms.usa.net (USANET web-mailer CM.0402.4.07); Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:14:53 -0000 Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:14:53 -0700 From: OCTAVIAN HORNOIU To: Subject: RE: I'm New, Help, regarding Installation X-Mailer: USANET web-mailer (CM.0402.4.07) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <20020930181501.25AEB43E65@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When you burn the ISO images to the CD it converts it from the ISO format to an actual CD where files and such are present on the CD. ISO is simply a standard for exchanging images of entire CDs with other people over the internet and such. Think of it as a giant zip file. You will need to have a program that supports ISO burning to burn the CDs but most programs will do that. An excellent program for burning ISO's on windows is Nero Burning ROM and there are many for Linux. At boot time set your computer to boot off of the CD-ROM in the BIOS and put your newly burned CD in the drive. It will then recognize it and boot off the CD you made. Keep in mind that some older CD-ROMs and BIOSEs do not support booting off CD-ROM. Generally with newer computers, this is not a problem. If you do run into this, you will need to create boot floppies. Please read the Handbook on this issue. Make sure to read the FreeBSD Handbook thoroughly on installation before starting to do anything as it will save you lots of headaches. An alternative is to get a book from Amazon. I recommend FreeBSD Unleashed as it is very friendly to those that are new to BSD. Good luck! Octavian Hornoiu -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Mooney Potter Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:58 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: I'm New, Help, regarding Installation To the Support Group, When I download the iso images for freebsd5, do I just burn them tot = he CD? Like do I need something else to read the iso-images when I = boot or does my computer? Do I just need the ISo images to install FREEbsd? -xachen _________________________________________________________________ http://fastmail.ca/ - Fast Secure Web Email for Canadians To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message