From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 15 22:54:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B7B5322 for ; Fri, 15 May 2015 22:54:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm13-vm2.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm13-vm2.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EAFBC1F85 for ; Fri, 15 May 2015 22:54:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=prodigy.net; s=s2048; t=1431730346; bh=luwl6HkQ0uXIOCBQCWsWVcgAtvE5OcA+vCnUoChfLAs=; h=Cc:From:To:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:References:From:Subject; b=qSyzz/Gh8KWH6hlt/z7A30O4m8sWY/sK3KkPJvFBOupVWpTM4wMXiXvp3lbzWPd0XTdhbZThS7rBurZif6d7i1NDzvNbXvdM/Dt9gpq7oBNSssudMjXWKrlWDUtrzq7kpZdYMC8zxhI0CucDXZER4FfhxQuYlDMLU2EvcvLPp9aqkfGszq083NKQobbOczT6O+BnY4mUObaHe/ZOfBAHb69fcPjYda1USG4TeVjYhiJmvBAd1FbhMGMW65RAuHFLLmTBUd2CjQEbsQDcagWoyH93iSoG8SjcLshQybfzAuJ8KK3T4Z/8adA+CNNoltrRtuHT7hJY0Aaor15HcZYLMw== Received: from [216.39.60.165] by nm13.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 May 2015 22:52:26 -0000 Received: from [98.138.104.100] by tm1.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 May 2015 22:52:26 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp120.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 May 2015 22:52:26 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 364105.6610.bm@smtp120.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 3yOytzEVM1mD2H.ki7EskIcc5T3GZ0876Pmsz7f_Hbm0wGG pN_3CMPJg8PPk6qNmvLMmlhLADH79Dv3DSJqwKw_ZaNm80usyn.z4lWwUu7T iLkzUSHn7pb.ZuEWTVv2vc2zsFG.5ilb6Wbab4rKJ9oPGFTkuMt0t2gSLWgO TI57fVsaINN6BPOYf7unVCVzE9.KaRRX2QCkUkV7aIhittecbh3175n4pbUN Ytln3liadJAW8cGbUq6ZTwaywrL7GWAh9LrjxIohq5v9FiLbN3T1a798SfIz _aaS7hlDf_FlhaX09Wi9EGzia0d7BJj9Ax_TcC4RgoipyfMPmexhuKIt_jA2 izXj0BZFV0_Dc6O.D5PjJ3Cdxn6Ysck5QElLnr0YhY77Yc0s0S6JrvkzePre dI3sdgM30433Di1W3WG_Tm7nVctBVmnJJVERuH0qi0mm1F1ZFystsfrm29bY YjaVK_Kufrfh.pWzi_GOTZrXulfiWoDTFOCE0goG3Nxpi0cJRFoi1FTcxd0d LnN8vRv4gABPJAvXZ8RuojfFksQICavnU3sfSUHzl26pHKo.F X-Yahoo-SMTP: 46rcWa.swBDnY9zvhIrsU2awgPSTQgUKFFrFJjEU8wwG Cc: Steve Burton , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <3626306A-96DF-4126-93EB-EF9EC6C3E1CB@prodigy.net> From: Jeffry Killen To: James Keener In-Reply-To: <555671EF.5000907@jimkeener.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: Downloaded dvd1.iso and burned to dvd but ? Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 15:52:24 -0700 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> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 22:54:40 -0000 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 >>