Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:40:50 -0600 (CST) From: RacerX <racerx@makeworld.com> To: yitzchak.lander@us.army.mil Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386 iso images for 5.3 Message-ID: <20041229134004.K1977@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <5e8ebdd5e88354.5e883545e8ebdd@us.army.mil> References: <5e8ebdd5e88354.5e883545e8ebdd@us.army.mil>
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Chances are - you burned the iso file to the rom and not burned using the ISO. I would check what your doing when you burn. Best regards, Chris On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 yitzchak.lander@us.army.mil wrote: > > hello, > > i am having problems installing 5.3 on my laptop. it is an hp > pavillion ze5700. i am currently using windows xp home, and have > downloaded the 5.3 release disk1 iso image to my hard drive. i have > tried putting it on several cd's to boot from and have successfully > made all of them (to the best of my knowlege). when i boot up though i > get nothing but a blinking cursor . although on the disk that i made > as a hardrive emulation i get a message that says "no operating system > installed". > > as a note, i have a comercial disk that has 5.0 on it and it boots, > but dosnt make it to the sysinstall menu. > > if you want more info on the 5.0 boot messages i will try to get them > for you. > > i heard a rumor that you are located in bolder colorado and since i am > in colorado springs i can drive up if nessasary to get my macine > running. > > it is my intrest to learn freebsd well enugh to start contributing in > anyway i can. > > thanks for your time, > > issac lander > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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