Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 15:52:24 -0700 From: Jeffry Killen <jekillen@prodigy.net> To: James Keener <jim@jimkeener.com> Cc: Steve Burton <steve@sliderule.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downloaded dvd1.iso and burned to dvd but ? Message-ID: <3626306A-96DF-4126-93EB-EF9EC6C3E1CB@prodigy.net> In-Reply-To: <555671EF.5000907@jimkeener.com> References: <98A0F436-11CE-4142-B137-B40BDB410A30@prodigy.net> <55564187.1010008@jimkeener.com> <5556517D.7010900@gmail.com> <555654E6.8070307@sliderule.demon.co.uk> <55566975.1070702@jimkeener.com> <4D626320-844E-4AF4-B2C8-7F186535FC04@prodigy.net> <555671EF.5000907@jimkeener.com>
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On May 15, 2015, at 3:23 PM, James Keener wrote: > An iso is a disk image and the contents of the .iso are intended to be > burned to disk (as opposed to the .iso file itself). The > terminology is > overloaded, as it expects you to know that "burning and iso to the > disk" > means "burn the contents of the iso to the disk", not the file itself. > > http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060619181010389 > > That article is a little older, but the instructions should be the > same/similar on how to use the built-in "Disk Utility" program to burn > the iso to a disk. > > Best of luck! Thank you, that clarifies a lot. Minutia can be a pain, but if the car won't start: Is there gas in the tank?, is the battery charged? Did I turn the key in the right direction? JK > Jim > > On 05/15/2015 06:15 PM, Jeffry Killen wrote: >> >> On May 15, 2015, at 2:47 PM, James Keener wrote: >> >>>> The Mac used to burn the CD should be able to see files on it, >>>> perhaps? >>> >>> Yes, but _what_ files. Mostly I wanted to check that there wasn't >>> an >>> .iso on the disk as I've seen people do that before >>> >>> Jim >> >> This is the verbatim text from the FreeBSD handbook I have a copy of: >> >> FreeBSD installation files are available at >> www.freebsd.org/where.html#download. >> Each installation file's name includes the release version of >> FreeBSD, >> the architecture, >> and the type of file. For example, to install FreeBSD 10.0 on an >> amd64 >> system from a DVD, >> download FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso, >> >>>>> burn this file to a DVD, and boot the system with the DVD >>>>> inserted. >> >> So, yes I did look at the disc on the Mac after burning the .iso to >> the >> dvd. It has a copy of >> the .iso file on it: I.E FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso >> >> I take it that that is not supposed to be the case? Have I >> misunderstood >> something here? >> >> JK >>
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