From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 8 15:24:10 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D504916A407 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:24:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paulette_mcgee@yahoo.com) Received: from web62309.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web62309.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.75.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84F3D13C4A5 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:24:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paulette_mcgee@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 27229 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Mar 2007 15:24:09 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=mYV4i63GnjHWzxZ/Li0cJFBbE9oY5+KE/lbTDIGMcLl+y+4WUcmicAzDR7f3KEsYe87ev3HfKNiB79abNoA2QCArREhmy8ywgjOtynNG2w302y6sUemgJW2U6KsDxLadKVrus5ctABVLNzNRzotO0lWtB/l3QQihPm0OfpCT2K8=; X-YMail-OSG: hP_wcrEVM1lCKZ1nH7J9JdvQbBZcxDj6VDk8hen8TaiDJ9aysw8zBrzgxenlDGWkezfdH9CIRbiTkWnBSB3JKS94ebS9xnY.rmIvzngijml8PTjQtNPE6kjvbgYvFrrJ Received: from [68.164.15.239] by web62309.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:24:09 PST Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 07:24:09 -0800 (PST) From: Paulette McGee To: Alex Zbyslaw , "s.moyzis" In-Reply-To: <45EFF088.3090901@dial.pipex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <839034.26911.qm@web62309.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Cc: "Questions@FreeBSD" Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:24:10 -0000 --- Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > s.moyzis wrote: > > >Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD from > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.2 > >I downloaded all the files to a folder on my 2nd HD > (Primary is C: 80 Gb Windows XP SP2, 2nd external > 250 Gb HD has 2 partitons, G: which contains the > entire C:drive for backup, and a partition H: for > FreeBSD. Anyway, The Boot CD doesn't boot (yes, I > changed the BIOS sequence), and the Disk1 and Disk2 > won't fit on a CD. I'm new at this, but I do know > Windows and DOS inside and out. Question is, what > do I do next? > >everytime I try to 'open' the file(s) Roxio CD > Creator opens up. Help! Thanks, > > > > > It sounds very much like you just haven't written > stuff correctly to CD. > > 1) You only *need* disk 1 and it boots. Disk 2 > contains pre-built > packages which you might want. I expect the > handbook covers this. > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html > > section on FreeBSD 5.X and above). > > 2) You need to write disk1 using Roxio or Nero or > whatever *as an ISO*, > *not* copy it as a file to the CD. The option might > say something like > image file instead of ISO. Same for disk2, to a > different CD of > course. Roxio opens up when you click on the ISO > because an ISO is a > special file format that is basically a "dump" of a > CD. Nothing other > than a CD writing program is likely to make much use > of it. > > Forget the boot CD you don't need it. It is, I > believe, used for > network-only installs and using CD1 is easier for a > beginner. > > --Alex > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hello, Just like Alex has pointed out; you have to burn from an ISO / Image. If you are using Roxio 7 it is called: "Burn from Disc Image File..." Otherwise you may wind up burning the ISO as a single file. Regards, Paulette McGee ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather