I'd like some help

[Da Rock]

On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 19:51 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:10:04AM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 14:58 -0700, Matthew Woodson wrote:
> > > I've been learning about a bunch of the BSD OSes, and i want to try Free BSD, but i can't figure out how to download it and the instructions don't make sense. I am running Windows XP OS- can you tell me how to download Free BSD with it?
> > 
> > Go to the download section of the site and download the iso files. Once
> > you have those, double click on them and burn them to disk.
> 
> Last I checked, the MS Windows built-in CD burning software didn't do
> burning from an image -- you'd need third-party software.  Burning an ISO
> without such software would just result in a copy of the ISO on the CD,
> rather than a CD that would boot up an installer.
> 

Which software were you using and how long ago? I've used Roxio, Nero,
and Easy CD Creator- all of which did that. Most bundled burning
software will do it automatically. They offer burn from cd/dvd  image,
as well as data cd creation, so when you double click on an iso file it
sets up to burn the image for you.

If you haven't got the bundled software installed I agree with you
though. Fairly uncommon though.