From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 19:31:27 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A530106566B for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:31:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from moku60.aloha50.net (moku60.aloha50.net [66.180.132.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AE6A8FC14 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:31:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by moku60.aloha50.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F43E1703E; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:31:26 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4F05FA8D.4080304@hdk5.net> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:31:25 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Drew Tomlinson References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <4F0520A2.8040602@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F0530ED.5030004@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <4F0530ED.5030004@mykitchentable.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions , R Skinner Subject: Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:31:27 -0000 Drew Tomlinson wrote: > On 1/4/2012 8:01 PM, R Skinner wrote: >> On 01/05/12 13:23, Drew Tomlinson wrote: >>> I downloaded FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso >>> >>> and burned the image to CD. However the CD does not boot. Just >>> wanted to confirm that it is supposed to be bootable. >>> >>> Also, is there a DVD version? I don't have many CDs around my house >>> but plenty of DVDs. :) >> Hi Drew, and welcome to FreeBSD. >> >> How did you 'burn' the disc? As an iso image (in Windows) you can open >> any burning program and tell it to burn it as is; you don't need to >> extract any contents. This is the usual problem if it won't boot. > > I used the Windows image burning tool on the one that didn't work. > However I tried on another PC that had Nero Burning ROM. That one > worked. Now I just wish the boot disk had an apparent way to enable ssh > so I could install from another PC while browsing the web. > > [snip] > > Thanks, ################ > Drew > I accessed the sshd from the new install screen as an option when I loaded it on the test box. I had to set up the lan manually to first get it up. Then you should be able to use ssh. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol