Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:46:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: shsrms@bellatlantic.net Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Frustration continues. Message-ID: <200001272146.NAA01011@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Jan 2000 16:13:49 EST." <3890B50D.D4B742C2@bellatlantic.net>
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> > > David O'Brien wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 05:11:18PM -0500, HerbalGypsy/justbob wrote: > > > results, after about 36 minutes of writing, so old unreadable single > > > file called 3_3-install > > > > I cannot parse this. > I have cut a number of cds now, the cd writer works. I have cut netbsd, > linux, composites, etc. Process works, cd works media works. > > downloading the freebsd 3_3-install.cd0 image for alpha, renaming it > 3_3-install.iso, writing it to good media, resulted in a single file. > Same name as the cd0, on the cd. Can open it, can't look inside. > downloading the same file again, copying it to a different spot and > renaming it in the process, same result. > Using different brand of media, same result. I now have 3 cds with one > 650MB or so file named 3_3-install on it. It's an ISO image, not a file. You need to write the image onto the disk, not into a filesystem on the disk. If you can't work out how to do this, you will need to consult the support forum for your CD writing software. Note that you can't boot the Alpha CDROM images either. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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