From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 19:40:55 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 C136B16A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:40:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A91243D45 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:40:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB74F6124; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:40:54 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01804-10; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:40:50 -0600 (CST) Received: by makeworld.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7B2086123; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:40:50 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73F806122; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:40:50 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:40:50 -0600 (CST) From: RacerX To: yitzchak.lander@us.army.mil In-Reply-To: <5e8ebdd5e88354.5e883545e8ebdd@us.army.mil> Message-ID: <20041229134004.K1977@makeworld.com> References: <5e8ebdd5e88354.5e883545e8ebdd@us.army.mil> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.0 (20041102) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386 iso images for 5.3 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: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:40:55 -0000 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" >