On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:50:54 -0600 "Teilhard Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: "Alejandro Pulver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Teilhard Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 10:28 AM > Subject: Re: CD Doesn't boot > > > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:01:10 -0600 > > "Teilhard Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 in a laptop which I just > >recently> bought. Problem is that the installation CD wouldn't boot. > >I have> tried burning several brands of disks and trying them in > >other> computers and I am now sure is not the media. I even disabled > >> hyperthreading in the BIOS and nothing. Anyone can offer some > >advise> about what to do? > >> > >> Teilhard. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > Hello, > > > > If you have set up your BIOS settings properly (to boot from a CD, > > and then from the disk), and it does not boot, maybe you just burned > > the ISO as a normal file in the CD. > > > > An ISO file is an image of the entire CD (it has a TOC, the > > bootable part, etc.), and to burn it there should be an option on > > the burning program (something containing the word "ISO", and a > > browser to select a file). > > > > Check this, if when you burn the cd and you read it you see only the > > ISO file, it is not right. If you see a lot of directories like > > 'boot','packages', it is fine, and it should boot. > > > > Best Regards, > > Thanks, Ale. I know how to burn images and the CD boots until the menu > where you get the choices about what kind of kernel boot you want. I > cannot boot even in safe mode. :o(. > > Teilhard. > Hello, Sorry, you did not mentioned it. What error messages do you get? Best Regards, Ale _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
