From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 12 23:59:20 2004 Return-Path: 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 129A716A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:59:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86A2C43D54 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:59:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from [192.168.254.5] (bsdevil [192.168.254.5]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 817AA4AC32; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:58:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <40F326BE.9040306@cordula.ws> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 02:03:10 +0200 From: cpghost User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040709) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Moran References: <20040712222143.78460.qmail@web81704.mail.yahoo.com> <20040712184425.799f0718.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040712184425.799f0718.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org cc: Jerry Schromm Subject: Re: I downloaded everything to no avail! ISO's fail to burn X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:59:20 -0000 Bill Moran wrote: >Jerry Schromm wrote: > > >> >>Hi everyone, I am not sure how this works or if I will ever get feedback. >>Anyway I just discovered FreeBSD yesterday. I read all about it and I am >>excited to intrigue myself with this new pc adventure. Sounds great and I >>will learn something about code at the same time. I feel it had a kind of >>old school feeling to it, at the same time cutting edge technology. I am a >>believer in it's viability over Microsofts Windows. They love to hide >>information from us not inform us. >> >>The reason I am writing. I downloaded the 5.2.1 IS0's. I burned the boot >>disk successfully it seems. But I tried to burn the first big ISO file and >>it failed to burn. Some type of burn error following the track or something. >> >> > >This is almost definatly a problem with your burning software. Even a >corrupted ISO will burn successfully, although you won't be able to use >the CD. > > Are you sure? If you download the ISO in ASCII mode (therefore corrupting it), it will be bigger than the already full binary image. Some combination of burning software and media could result in a bad burn. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/