CD Doesn't boot
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]
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, Ale ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CD Doesn't boot
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]
Correction CD doesn't boot
I posted this message a while ago: 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? What I should have said is that the CD itself boots but doesn't boot the kernel. After selecting the kind of kernel boot you want, I get a line and everything freezes. Sorry for my bad explaining. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
