Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 15:43:56 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Steve Holmlund <sholmlund@coastside.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Solution to why my 4.7 CD wouldn't boot my machine Message-ID: <3DC311BC.1090301@owt.com> References: <ACECLHIPFJLGGDMIIFBGAEAGCHAA.sholmlund@coastside.net>
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Steve Holmlund wrote: > I figured out why a 4.7 CD that I had downloaded as an ISO image and burned > wouldn't boot my machine. > > It had to do with the kind of blank CD I was using. I switched from GQ > 700MB/80 minute blank CD (dirt cheap at Fry's in Palo Alto) back to a Maxell > 650MB/74 minute CD. That did the trick. > > Any explanation as to why this is so would be appreciated. It may have > nothing to do with FreeBSD, I realize. The drive in my Server is a Matshita > DVD, I believe. I burned the CDs on a Win2K machine with Adaptec Easy CD > Creator 4.05. Some CDROM drives don't recognize the 700MB media as a CD. Yours apparently is one of them. Kent > > Thanks. > > Steve Holmlund > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > . > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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