From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 3 15:25:34 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1012C16A4CE for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:25:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D2B43D2D for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:25:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j13FPVtB006719; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:25:31 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <42024252.8030802@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:25:06 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Glen Stewart References: <57f436bb65d77717a3685de24a0a8438@adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <57f436bb65d77717a3685de24a0a8438@adelphia.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I can't boot from the CD... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:25:34 -0000 Glen Stewart wrote: > I downloaded FreeBSD from your site (I downloaded it to my MAC) > The PC that I will put it on is a new Compaq Presairo - with a AMD > Semptron 3000+ Chip. > The ISO that I downloaded onto the MAC was dragged and drppped - then > Burned on a CD. > I did not "prep the file or convert it" in any way. > > I switched the boot order to CD - and I still cannot get the Free BSD > Disk to boot... > What do I need to do? > > Glen Stewart > P.S. Please Help ASAP! > The ISO (any ISO, really) isn't a file that gets burned to CD "as is". It's an "image" or representation of a *file system* that needs to be processed and then burned to CD. I don't know what the Mac procedure for burning an ISO is, but in Windoze I generally rely on right-clicking the ISO file and having a pop-up menu offer me a choice like "create CD from image". Almost as simple as drag-n-drop, but not quite. Barring any other more detailed help that may pop up from this list, just go into the Mac software that you use to burn CDs and search their help for "ISO" to get tips on appropriate ISO image burning techniques. It should be blissfully simple. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348