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Date:      Tue, 15 Jun 1999 12:42:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Paul Nathan Puri <publisher@ompages.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How do I burn this disc1.iso?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906151241210.2596-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990612181701.A2413@office.office.ompages.com,>

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On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Paul Nathan Puri wrote:

> I downloaded disc1.iso.gz. I did "gunzip disc1.iso.gz", then it became
> disc1.iso. I simply mastered the file with xcdroast, then I burned the cd.
> 
> The file on the cd is disc1.iso. When I tried to boot the cd it wouldn't
> boot and simply booted the hard drive (my bios is configured to boot
> ATAPI CDROM first). Invariably, I'm sure I have done something wrong here.
> Anyone know what it is?

Making bootable disks requires setup by the burning application.  You
needed to tell xcdroast to make /floppies/boot.flp the startup volume to
present in El Torrito format.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org



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