problems creating a bootable image using burncd
I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing happened upon reburn. I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see if it was a possible problem with the image that was created. The iso passed the check sum, but after burning it, it would not boot too. I've managed to verify that it is possible of booting from that drive using a old win98 install disc I have laying around. The install for that comes up fine. I've also tried it at different speeds and have gotten the same results. Any ideas? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 01:07 pm, Vulpes Velox wrote: I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing happened upon reburn. I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see if it was a possible problem with the image that was created. The iso passed the check sum, but after burning it, it would not boot too. I've managed to verify that it is possible of booting from that drive using a old win98 install disc I have laying around. The install for that comes up fine. I've also tried it at different speeds and have gotten the same results. Any ideas? Have you mounted the CD and viewed the contents to make sure the CD was good? I remember having problems with a box of generic CD's once. Andrew Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:07:20 -0600 Vulpes Velox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing happened upon reburn. I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see if it was a possible problem with the image that was created. The iso passed the check sum, but after burning it, it would not boot too. I've managed to verify that it is possible of booting from that drive using a old win98 install disc I have laying around. The install for that comes up fine. I've also tried it at different speeds and have gotten the same results. Any ideas? What method are you using to burn the CD? If it's a method that's worked for you in the past, it sounds like you might have some flaky CD-R's. (Also note: there's a problem with the current FreeSBIE scripts for creating working 4.x FreeSBIEs. They fail to copy a required file onto the CD - and when they do, it still won't detect your hard drives without another minor change. I've posted patches to the freesbie mailing list that fix these problems, you might want to apply them before trying to make another FreeSBIE.) -Chris ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:16:06 -0600 Andrew L. Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 01:07 pm, Vulpes Velox wrote: I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing happened upon reburn. I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see if it was a possible problem with the image that was created. The iso passed the check sum, but after burning it, it would not boot too. I've managed to verify that it is possible of booting from that drive using a old win98 install disc I have laying around. The install for that comes up fine. I've also tried it at different speeds and have gotten the same results. Any ideas? Have you mounted the CD and viewed the contents to make sure the CD was good? I remember having problems with a box of generic CD's once. Yeah, I can view the contents with out any problem and the brand of CD-RWs I am using is Memorex. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: problems creating a bootable image using burncd
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:07:20 -0600 Vulpes Velox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing happened upon reburn. I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see if it was a possible problem with the image that was created. The iso passed the check sum, but after burning it, it would not boot too. I've managed to verify that it is possible of booting from that drive using a old win98 install disc I have laying around. The install for that comes up fine. I've also tried it at different speeds and have gotten the same results. Any ideas? What method are you using to burn the CD? If it's a method that's worked for you in the past, it sounds like you might have some flaky CD-R's. I seem to recall a discussion some months ago regarding a change to the way boot CDs were made. This had the effect of breaking bootable CDs when using older BIOSes that only knew about the old way of booting from CD. Pardon my vagueness. I thought this was a 5.x issue but perhaps it was/is a 4.9 issue as well. -lee ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:49:56 -0800 Chris Pressey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:07:20 -0600 Vulpes Velox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing happened upon reburn. I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see if it was a possible problem with the image that was created. The iso passed the check sum, but after burning it, it would not boot too. I've managed to verify that it is possible of booting from that drive using a old win98 install disc I have laying around. The install for that comes up fine. I've also tried it at different speeds and have gotten the same results. Any ideas? What method are you using to burn the CD? If it's a method that's worked for you in the past, it sounds like you might have some flaky CD-R's. % burncd -v -s 4 -f /dev/acd0c data 4.9-i386-disc1.iso fixate adding type 0x08 file 4.9-i386-disc1.iso size 655680 KB 327840 blocks next writeable LBA 0 addr = 0 size = 671416320 blocks = 327840 writing from file 4.9-i386-disc1.iso size 655680 KB written this track 655680 KB (100%) total 655680 KB fixating CD, please wait.. The brand I have been using has been Memorex for CD-RW discs Just tried it with some TDK discs and it works perfectly. So I am guessing there was something flaky about the Memorex discs I have been messing with. (Also note: there's a problem with the current FreeSBIE scripts for creating working 4.x FreeSBIEs. They fail to copy a required file onto the CD - and when they do, it still won't detect your hard drives without another minor change. I've posted patches to the freesbie mailing list that fix these problems, you might want to apply them before trying to make another FreeSBIE.) Yeah, but if that was the case I should still be able to boot using a burned copy of 4.9R. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:16:06 -0600 Andrew L. Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 01:07 pm, Vulpes Velox wrote: I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing happened upon reburn. I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see if it was a possible problem with the image that was created. The iso passed the check sum, but after burning it, it would not boot too. I've managed to verify that it is possible of booting from that drive using a old win98 install disc I have laying around. The install for that comes up fine. I've also tried it at different speeds and have gotten the same results. Any ideas? Have you mounted the CD and viewed the contents to make sure the CD was good? I remember having problems with a box of generic CD's once. Really wierd... Just tried it with some TDK CDRs I just remembered I had sitting around and it worked first try... the Memorex CDRWs and the Durabrand CDRs did not work what so ever :/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd
Well solved my problem... used some TDK discs and those worked fine... I could not get the Memorex CDRWs or the Durabrand CDRs to make bootable discs what so ever... Any one know if there are some CDR/CDRW discs which it is impossible to make bootable discs out of or is this just some type of weird fluke and I should quite possibly be worried about the data integrety of any thing stored on discs of the other two brands. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
