Please Help

[Igor Treyger]

Hi Greg,
Thanks for responding back.
I used "Burn CD" option on "Ner


>From: Greg Barniskis <nalists at scls.lib.wi.us>
>To: Igor Treyger <igortr at hotmail.com>
>CC: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: Please Help
>Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:17:14 -0500
>
>Igor Treyger wrote:
>>Hi,
>>I have burned 3 iso images on CDs:
>>FreeBSB 6.1 disk1
>>FreeBSB 6.1 disk2
>>FreeBSB 6.1 Boot
>>All of them i386
>>I have Compaq workstation that is currently running Windows2000
>>Problem:
>>Desktop would not boot with FreeBSB 6.1Boot. I have tried FreeBSBDisk1 - 
>>same result. What am I doing wrong. Please HELP!
>>The boot order in BIOS -  CD Rom first
>>I am trying to get familiar with UNIX OS
>>Thanks
>>Igor Treyger
>
>The Boot disc is mainly for testing and repairs. You will want to boot with 
>disc 1 to actually install FreeBSD. But they don't boot for you...
>
>Did you "Create CD from ISO image" or "Burn from image" as some CD writing 
>software calls it? A .iso file represents an entire CD file system, so if 
>you simply copied the .iso files to the CDs like you would any other files, 
>then that is what is wrong. Search for "ISO" in the Help for your CD 
>burning software.
>
>If you correctly created CDs from the ISO images by burning their images 
>rather than copying files, but you still cannot boot, test booting with 
>other bootable CDs like the Windows disc that came with your PC. Make sure 
>that your PC really can boot from CD.
>
>If your PC can boot from CD, but not from correctly burned FreeBSD CDs, 
>write to this email list a description of exactly what does happen when you 
>try.
>
>
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