From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 1 15: 4: 9 2002 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 56F3E37B401 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:04:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.coastside.net (mail.coastside.net [207.213.212.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5FD043E6E for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:04:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sholmlund@coastside.net) Received: from SHOLMLUND (dsl-63-194-153-90.coastside.net [63.194.153.90]) by mail.coastside.net with SMTP id gA1N43v4008845 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:04:03 -0800 (PST) From: "Steve Holmlund" To: Subject: Solution to why my 4.7 CD wouldn't boot my machine Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:05:00 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I figured out why a 4.7 CD that I had downloaded as an ISO image and burned wouldn't boot my machine. It had to do with the kind of blank CD I was using. I switched from GQ 700MB/80 minute blank CD (dirt cheap at Fry's in Palo Alto) back to a Maxell 650MB/74 minute CD. That did the trick. Any explanation as to why this is so would be appreciated. It may have nothing to do with FreeBSD, I realize. The drive in my Server is a Matshita DVD, I believe. I burned the CDs on a Win2K machine with Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.05. Thanks. Steve Holmlund To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message