FreeBSD Installation CD Creation

[Robert C Wittig]

Walt Haynes wrote:
> 	I'm having a tough time creating the two 6.1-release
> installation CD's. I was told that it was best to go to
> 
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.1/
> 
> and download the 6.1 RELEASE disc1 and disc2 ISO images in Windows, 
> and use your favorite toaster to rip CDs. (My CD 'toaster' is Nero OEM
> 6.6.0.13.)
> Then boot from disc1 to install. When I attempt to do this, it's like
> the CD is either empty or unreadable. I'd love to know what I'm doing
> wrong. I've tried this 4 times now and it's a bit frustrating. I have
> the .ISO files in my recycle bin. Is there a way for me to convert them
> to CD images from which I can boot my Windows XP system and install
> FreeBSD in my available 20 GB primary partition?

Yes. In Nero, select the 'Copy and Backup' function, and then, in the 
choices (icons) that this brings up, select 'Burn Image to Disk'.

Then, you will have to change 'File Types' to 'Image Files' to browse 
for the *.iso image, because Nero defaults to 'Nero native' image files.



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