Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:53:49 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Jim Priovolos <jim1976us@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ( Creating / booting off ) installation media (was Downloads) Message-ID: <4601D39D.9060107@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <394285.37661.qm@web56401.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <394285.37661.qm@web56401.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Jim Priovolos wrote: > Hi, I've downloaded the 6.2 files. When I burned a CD with the boot file it didn't make my laptop boot off it after powering up with it in the CD drive. > > The *disk1 file burnt to a CD gave the same results. > > I tried the *disk1 file using ftp through a browser and also command line ftp set to binary. > > I checked the boot order and CD is first. If I put a Windows boot CD in there it will boot off of it. > > Any ideas? > > I've got a Compaq Presario 2500 laptop with XP on it now. > > Thanks for the help in advance, > Jim P. Jim, Common error, but did you burn the ISO as a file onto the CD, instead of burning the ISO directly to the CD (the latter's behavior is correct)? -Garrett
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