Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:58:33 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing free bsd Message-ID: <20111212235833.GC69009@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20111212230529.GC42821@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20111212230529.GC42821@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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--tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 06:05:29PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > First of all, always include the list in a response to something > from the list. Other people will be reading and may well know > more than me or any other person who responds. eg, don't just=20 > send the follow-on question back to the one responding. Send it > to the list. >=20 >=20 > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:26:06PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: >=20 > > do direct ftp to disk? And what do you mean by fixate? >=20 > No. You ftp the file down to the local machine and then use a CD burning= =20 > utility to burn file to the CD. On FreeBSD there is one called 'burncd'. > I am not familiar with the ones on a MS system, but there are several > available. Maybe someone else will suggest one or there is probably > some information in the handbook. >=20 > Fixate is something that finishes writing a terminal record on > the CD image or something like that. I don't really know in > detail. I think some burner utilities do it automatically with > no choice. The burncd utility needs to have you specify it. >=20 > ////jerry >=20 >=20 > >=20 > > On 12/12/11, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:36:04PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > > > > > >> Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It > > >> was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. > > >> Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. > > >> Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? > > > > > > Well, the .iso files you get from the FreeBSD distribution are ISO > > > image files that need to be burned directly to a disk. There is no > > > other processing or formatting that may be done. > > > > > > I do not know what you mean by 'unzipped to a cd rom'. I have never > > > done anything that sounded like that. > > > > > > You should just download the .iso file and burn in to a fresh cd > > > and fixate it. Then boot it. > > > > > > ////jerry > > > I've used Nero in the past on a Windows system to burn an ISO. You can download it (probably timebombed) from http://www.tucows.com/ I think. Instructions on burning and fixating are here: http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk7mlSgACgkQHduKvUAgeK7SBwCeNRCXi3Va6K+POcLaQJyHGboT ROQAoLp0e+prbBmBMOTRqF3ylncUMUc9 =bxSc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0--
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