On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Chuck Bacon <c...@cape.com> wrote: > I downloaded it yesterday. Here's the facts: > > 1. md5 matches CHECKSUM.MD5 > > 2. When I boot off the BIOS, it takes a half minute or so, and > then: voila! PC-DOS boots, and for all the world look as > though it will boot a larger system; except it doesn't have > a clue. > > Here's the hypothesis: The FreeBSD-8.3-RC3 boot loader doesn't > satisfy my BIOS, and the BIOS looks through the dvd until it finds > one of the DOS boot loaders provided by some fdisk variant. > Any ideas why? > > If nothing else, I'll download disc1. Praps that'll work! > > Many thanks, > Chuck Bacon -- c...@cape.com > ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY >
In FreeBSD DVD , there is NO any PC-DOS . Please , check your BIOS boot device sequence list . In that list CD/DVD drive should come before HDD , if it exists in that list . If CD/DVD drive is listed before HDD , but it is NOT booting from DVD : Your DVD is NOT burned properly , or , your BIOS is NOT able to boot from DVD . In that case CD may be used . For that case , manual of your computer may be helpful to understand its booting ability . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
