From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 8 10:37:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from backup.zeetelecom.com (bdsl.66.12.179.235.gte.net [66.12.179.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1CAF37B401 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 10:37:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jahanur@zeetelecom.com) Received: from jahanurs (ns1.zeetelecom.net [66.12.179.234]) by backup.zeetelecom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA12056; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 11:29:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jahanur@zeetelecom.com) From: "Jahanur R Subedar" To: "freebsd-questions" , "Tyler McGeorge" Subject: RE: making bootable cdrom Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 12:31:02 -0500 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 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 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 can you be more clear. As I understand that you are saying I need boot.flp file along with the 4.3-install.iso file to be burned in the cd and some how letting burning software inform that it is a boot cd, I dont think any software does that. Please be more clear. Jahanur -----Original Message----- From: Tyler McGeorge [mailto:tylermcgeorge@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 12:23 PM To: jahanur@zeetelecom.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: making bootable cdrom You need to download the boot.flp from the FTP and, when you burn the CD, make it a Boot-CD with boot.flp as the boot image. Tyler McGeorge FreeBSD Newbie Administrator for 2 years FreeBSD Advocate for 3 years Always looking for a job >From: "Jahanur R Subedar" >To: "freebsd-questions" >Subject: making bootable cdrom >Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 12:02:10 -0500 > >Hi, >I have downloaded the 4.3-install.iso and burned it to a cdrom as datacd. >Becasue it is specified that it is iso 9660. >Now do I need anything else to burn in it other than the iso file. > >Because I tried to boot it it does not boot. I know my bios is set to boot >from the cdrom because I used one of my win98 install cd just to check if >boots from it or not it does. And all other old versions of FreeBSD cdrom >that I bought from the Walnut cdrom boots fine too. >Except this one. I dont know what am I doing wrong. > >Please help !! > >Jahanur > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message