Installing freeBSD

[D Hill]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 at 18:33 +0200, gunnut at 2ainfo.it confabulated:

> Jerry McAllister ha scritto:
>> On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 08:24:13AM -0700, Huu Daud wrote:
>>
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> Greetings,
>>> Iam new to this forum and to the Unix. My interest is to install and 
>>> configure freeBSD on my desktop computer.I have downloaded the iso for 
>>> i386.
>>> and burn on the CD and DVD.My problem is when I boot from the CD or DVD ,
>>> it didnt send me to the screen for selection options as it is shown on the 
>>> web.  Instead, it sends me to the A drive prompt(DOS).Is it possible to 
>>> install from the DOS?.How then.
>>>
>
> I got the same problem,very likely you have burned the iso file on a window 
> machine.

Likely you have burned the iso file on a windows machine? I use both Roxio 
and Nero and have NEVER had any issues. Both will automatically set up 
correctly to burn the contents of the ISO just by double-clicking on the 
ISO image.

>I gave up.
> If you have a floppy drive make the boot floppy as explained on the handbook 
> ,and then install
> via ftp.
> sincerely
> Filippo
>> 
>> I am having a little trouble picturing what you got.  It doesn't sound like 
>> something I have seen when booting from a CD.
>> 
>> First, is there something in your floppy drive?   If so, take it out.
>> 
>> Second, your BIOS boot sequence should be:  Floppy, CD, hard disk
>> If it doesn't happen to have the CD in the BIOS sequence, then
>> put it there.
>> 
>> When you start to boot from the CD, then just let it continue. It might put 
>> up a boot menu, but you should be able to just wait
>> and take the default.
>> 
>> Past that, there should be no other prompt or menu after that
>> besides install selection stuff.
>> 
>> ////jerry
>> 
>>
>> 
>>> Thank you for your help
>>> huu
>>> 
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