Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 09:37:40 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: The Almonds <cjalmond@yahoo.com> Cc: User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>, Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.3 iso installation image issues-resolved Message-ID: <3B488C54.89E5C2D8@urx.com> References: <20010708162100.63285.qmail@web9603.mail.yahoo.com>
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The Almonds wrote: > > All, > After burning 10 CD-r's using ezcd 4.0, 5.0, 5.01 and > using 80min and 74 minute media the issue was resolved > by simply downloading the iso image again. Evidently, > my original iso file was not the complete image and > the file size did not match the file on the FTP site. On the site where the *.iso is located is a CHECKSUM.MD5 that you can use values in it to check your file. I have a md5.exe that I either found on sourceforge or Simtel. > > Just goes to say that when you have an issue start > with the basics first. It will save a lot of time. Were you able to just double click the file to burn it? Kent > > Thanks for everyones help, > Curtis > > --- User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas > <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> wrote: > > If you have a Windows machine you can use RAWRITE > > after mounting the > > CDROM, or maybe you could download kern.flp and > > mfsroot.flp form > > freebsd.org and use dd on those files. > > > > Ian > > > > > On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:16:35AM -0400, Joe > > Clarke wrote: > > > > El Torrito, if memory serves me, is a chain of > > Mexican restaurants. The > > > > El Torrito boot extensions for CDs were thought > > up there (or just named > > > > after it). El Torrito isn't a CD format per se. > > They're extensions for > > > > making a ISO-9660 CD bootable. > > > > > > Ok, thanks! Now I know.... > > > > > > > That said, you may have a problem booting off of > > CD on a 486. You should > > > > be able to mount the CD with a command like: > > > > > > > > mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom > > > > > > > > Just replace acd0c with whatever your CD device > > is. If you have an entry > > > > in /etc/fstab, you could also just do "mount > > /cdrom" (or whatever your CD > > > > mountpoint is). After that, you could dd the > > floppy images to floppies, > > > > and boot that way. > > > > > > Paraphrasing /var/run/dmesg.boot I have: > > > > > > wdc1 -> HDD Controller #2 > > > |___ acd0 NEC (ATAPI) CD-ROM drive slot0 > > > |___ acd1 slot1 > > > |___ acd2 slot2 > > > |___ acd3 slot3 > > > > > > Paraphrasing /etc/fstab I have: > > > > > > /dev/acd0c -> /cdrom > > > /dev/acd1c -> /cdrom1 > > > /dev/acd2c -> /cdrom2 > > > /dev/acd3c -> /cdrom3 > > > > > > Yet when I did a 'mount /cdrom' the system went > > into a coma ;) I couldn't > > > get nothing out of the keyboard. I tried ^C; ^D; > > ^Z and anything else > > > that I could think of, but to no avail. I had to > > turn the power off -- > > > yuk! BTW, /dev does have the above devices. So I > > thought it was because > > > of the El Torrito thing ;) Any ideas? TIA... > > > -- > > > -duke > > > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > > of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > > the message > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA Cool site http://www.bmwfilms.com mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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