From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 2 16:49:32 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC961065676 for ; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:49:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49C3D8FC1A for ; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:49:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o02GnVkE095300; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 09:49:31 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o02GnVWX095297; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 09:49:31 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 09:49:31 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Paul Shi In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:49:31 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot from FD and DR-DOS prompt comes up while 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: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:49:32 -0000 On Sat, 2 Jan 2010, Paul Shi wrote: > I am working my way t setup a FTP server on FreeBSD however I got stuck at > the very first stage - installation of FreeBSD 8.0. > > I downloaded FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso from FreeBSD.org and burned > it with NERO to a DVD-RW disc. After that, I insert the DVD disc and boot > from CDROM as I have chose the CDROM to be first one in boot order. However, > system starts booting from FD, invokes some Caldera DR-DOS and goes to > command prompt [DR-DOS] A:\> > > I am totally confused and cannot find any answer in FreeBSD handbook. I will > greatly appreciate your help if anyone of you has experience with this weird > problem. Thank you very much and Happy New Year! Nero seems to have "helped" you by making a bootable CD with a copy of the FreeBSD ISO file on it. The A: disk is actually a simulated floppy on the CD. That's not going to work. Make a new CD. Back in Windows, you might be able to right-click the original ISO file and get a "Burn a CD" option. Otherwise, you'll have to run the program and tell it to make the ISO into a CD, not make a CD with the ISO on it as a file. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA