Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:59:20 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: randomwords@shaw.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bootable CD. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208261556440.20343-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <9a5c9712.97129a5c@shaw.ca>
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On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 randomwords@shaw.ca wrote: > Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:59:23 -0600 > From: randomwords@shaw.ca > To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> > Subject: Re: Bootable CD. > > Hi. > Thanks for your your reply! I only see the 'disk1.iso' file when I > browse it on the Mac. I have set the BIOS to boot from CD. I wonder if > the "disk burn" program for the Mac is messed... > > Shane > If you can see the ISO as a file on the CD it wasn't burned correctly. The ISO is a CD image, and once burned to CD correctly, you should be able to see all the files 'inside' the image correctly. Can't help you further than that, my experience with burning anything but music CDs on a Mac is essentially zero. I've done data disks, but never an ISO... JB > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> > Date: Monday, August 26, 2002 7:53 am > Subject: Re: Bootable CD. > > > 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? > > > > > > /* > > * John Bleichert > > * syborg@stny.rr.com > > * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg > > */ > > > > > /* * John Bleichert * syborg@stny.rr.com * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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