From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 18:23:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CC6A106568C; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:23:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kiffin.gish@planet.nl) Received: from hpsmtp-eml18.kpnxchange.com (hpsmtp-eml18.KPNXCHANGE.COM [213.75.38.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03A388FC22; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kiffin.gish@planet.nl) Received: from cpsmtp-eml111.kpnxchange.com ([213.75.84.111]) by hpsmtp-eml18.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:23:53 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.78] ([84.83.61.253]) by cpsmtp-eml111.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:23:52 +0200 From: Kiffin To: Jeremy Chadwick In-Reply-To: <20081012175823.GB97109@icarus.home.lan> References: <1223823114.8480.0.camel@kiffin-laptop> <20081012150140.GA94292@icarus.home.lan> <1223832997.15340.0.camel@kiffin-laptop> <20081012175823.GB97109@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:23:51 +0200 Message-Id: <1223835831.15699.2.camel@kiffin-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Oct 2008 18:23:52.0996 (UTC) FILETIME=[AE22A640:01C92C97] Cc: joeb@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The disc in your drive looks more like an Audio CD than a FreeBSDrelease X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:23:55 -0000 Thanks for the prompt response. However, I have a brand-new ASUS X59XL notebook so the CD drive isn't old. Could it be that the CD drive is too new and not recognized properly bt FreeBSD rather than too old? On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 10:58 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 07:36:37PM +0200, Kiffin wrote: > > I rechecked the discs with a verify tool using the original iso files > > and nothing is wrong with the discs. > > A couple comments: > > 1) This isn't telling me anything. For all I know the "verify tool" > only compares ISO file contents to what's on a disc -- that probably > will return success. > > You need to realise there's a *lot* of information in the ISO header > which defines the type of disc it is, and types of extensions it > supports (Joliet, Red Ridge, etc.). And the burning software has to > properly know how to use those bits, otherwise it can do the wrong > thing. > > 2) Some older CD drives apparently report FreeBSD discs as Audio CDs > (even inside of Windows). I've seen this happen once in my life, but I > was not trying to install FreeBSD (I was just inserting the disc into a > Windows PC to see what was on it). > > The below thread is of a fellow running into the same problem: and his > issue turned out to be a very old/unreliable CD drive, which he likely > (eventually) replaced. He resorted to installing off of another machine > over the network, but you get the point: > > http://forums.devshed.com/bsd-help-31/freebsd-installation-fails-when-looking-for-media-45366.html > > > On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 08:01 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 04:51:54PM +0200, Kiffin wrote: > > > > I checked it and everything looks just fine, e.g. just Freebsd install > > > > files and nothing else. > > > > > > It's very possible that the disc burning software you used did something > > > incorrectly, or did something custom. What program burnt the CD? If a > > > UNIX program, what flags did you give it? > > > > > > > On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 18:42 +0800, joeb wrote: > > > > > Yea I would say your burn of the .iso file to your cd did not work. Mount > > > > > the cd and see if it contains a directory tree of Freebsd install files or > > > > > mp3 files. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of > > > > > kiffin.gish@planet.nl > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:07 PM > > > > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > > > Subject: The disc in your drive looks more like an Audio CD than a > > > > > FreeBSDrelease > > > > > > > > > > Hi there. > > > > > > > > > > I tried to install 7.1-BETA from the CD I burned from > > > > > 7.1-BETA-i386-disc1.iso, but after I created all the partitions etc and then > > > > > selected to install, I get the following error message: > > > > > > > > > > "The disc in your drive looks more like an Audio CD than a FreeBSD release" > > > > > > > > > > Any idea what's wrong? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Kiffin Gish > > > > > Gouda, The Netherlands > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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" > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Kiffin > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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" > > > > > -- > > Kiffin > -- Kiffin