From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 8 11:16:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDC3816A400 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B192B13C481 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from [172.23.170.140] (helo=anti-virus02-07) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HPGbk-000130-JJ; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:16:28 +0000 Received: from [62.31.10.181] (helo=[192.168.0.2]) by asmtp-out6.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HPGbg-0006PG-UM; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:16:24 +0000 Message-ID: <45EFF088.3090901@dial.pipex.com> Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:16:24 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-GB; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20061205 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "s.moyzis" References: <001b01c7616c$d3b93100$3f8dfd44@DJ2KXR91> In-Reply-To: <001b01c7616c$d3b93100$3f8dfd44@DJ2KXR91> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Questions@FreeBSD" Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 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: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:16:30 -0000 s.moyzis wrote: >Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD from > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.2 >I downloaded all the files to a folder on my 2nd HD (Primary is C: 80 Gb Windows XP SP2, 2nd external 250 Gb HD has 2 partitons, G: which contains the entire C:drive for backup, and a partition H: for FreeBSD. Anyway, The Boot CD doesn't boot (yes, I changed the BIOS sequence), and the Disk1 and Disk2 won't fit on a CD. I'm new at this, but I do know Windows and DOS inside and out. Question is, what do I do next? >everytime I try to 'open' the file(s) Roxio CD Creator opens up. Help! Thanks, > > It sounds very much like you just haven't written stuff correctly to CD. 1) You only *need* disk 1 and it boots. Disk 2 contains pre-built packages which you might want. I expect the handbook covers this. (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html section on FreeBSD 5.X and above). 2) You need to write disk1 using Roxio or Nero or whatever *as an ISO*, *not* copy it as a file to the CD. The option might say something like image file instead of ISO. Same for disk2, to a different CD of course. Roxio opens up when you click on the ISO because an ISO is a special file format that is basically a "dump" of a CD. Nothing other than a CD writing program is likely to make much use of it. Forget the boot CD you don't need it. It is, I believe, used for network-only installs and using CD1 is easier for a beginner. --Alex