Installation Disc Won't Boot
lawrence.petrykanyn at sympatico.ca
lawrence.petrykanyn at sympatico.ca
Fri Aug 24 11:01:31 PDT 2007
Hi,
I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have
downloaded it and burned it three times without success.
I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had
decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would
like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and
burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to
reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my
CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the
6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything
appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just
can't seem to boot from it.
1. Is there something simple I'm missing?
2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning
more copies again? (I've already done it three times...)
3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem?
4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is
corrupted?
BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through
FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE
i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time.
Any suggestions, advice, or comments would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Larry
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