Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 22:45:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD 8.0 i386 200905 snapshot DVD does not boot Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0905102244580.8730@localhost>
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Hi all: The FreeBSD 8.0 i386 200905 snapshot DVD does not boot up. I'm on a normal Celeron 1.6GHz Presario C300TU laptop with 160GB HDD and 2GB DDR2 RAM. The system just whirrs up the DVD drive, the LEDs blink for a few moments and then the installed FreeBSD 7.1 screen is presented. I tested the DVD drive by putting in the old FreeBSD 7.1 DVD and it works fine. As an additional investigation i wrote another DVD with -J -R flags (unnecessary though in my opinion) and even this DVD does not get booted up. The first thing i did was do a md5sum on the downloaded .ISO image and that is fine. Has anybody tried FreeBSD 8.0 i386 200905 DVD and could get it to boot ? Is there something that i'm missing here ? Any pointers are appreciated. thanks Saifi.
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