Re: Installing free bsd
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:30:47 - Dave articulated: > > Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It > > was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. > > Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer > > startup. Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing > > problems? > > > > > > Daniel.. > > The "Windows format" has nothing to do with the problem. > > You need to take the .ISO image files, and burn a CD from it, not > extract or copy it to a CD.. > > For Windows, I use this:- > http://www.ntfs.com/iso-burning.htm It works very well, and the > price is right (free.) Very easy to use. > > If you already have "Nero Buring Rom" installed, that will also take > a .ISO file, and use it to burn a CD. Slightly more complex to use, > but does a good job. (You need to select "Burn an image to disk" > option, then go look for the .ISO file to use, it's not the default!) > > There are many similar tools for the job, but just unzipping the file > to a cd will not make a bootable disk. > > Contrary to what some have said, Windows (certainly XP and earlier) > do not recognise the .ISO format natively, so no ammount of clicking > or double clicking on it will help. > > You do of course, also have to configure your PC's bios to boot from > a CD, or know the hotkey to interupt it's normal boot sequence, and > tell it to boot from an alternative drive. I don't remember if the OP listed the version of Windows that they were using. If it is Windows 7, then all they need do to burn an ISO image in Windows 7 is simply right-click on an ISO image and choose "Burn disc image". A menu will pop up giving the user the option of choosing where to burn the image and if they want to verify the burn. It couldn't get any simpler. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
> I recall having some trouble finding a decent ISO burner for Windows that > didn't require paying but came across ActiveISO Burner. If Freeburner is still available it works pretty well on Winbloze. Alternatively have a friend burn it for you or boot a Linux live CD like Knoppix or Slax and use K3B since it's very user friendly. ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
> Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It > was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. > Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. > Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? > > Daniel.. The "Windows format" has nothing to do with the problem. You need to take the .ISO image files, and burn a CD from it, not extract or copy it to a CD.. For Windows, I use this:- http://www.ntfs.com/iso-burning.htm It works very well, and the price is right (free.) Very easy to use. If you already have "Nero Buring Rom" installed, that will also take a .ISO file, and use it to burn a CD. Slightly more complex to use, but does a good job. (You need to select "Burn an image to disk" option, then go look for the .ISO file to use, it's not the default!) There are many similar tools for the job, but just unzipping the file to a cd will not make a bootable disk. Contrary to what some have said, Windows (certainly XP and earlier) do not recognise the .ISO format natively, so no ammount of clicking or double clicking on it will help. You do of course, also have to configure your PC's bios to boot from a CD, or know the hotkey to interupt it's normal boot sequence, and tell it to boot from an alternative drive. Hope this helps. Regards. Dave B. ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:58:33PM +, Frank Shute wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 06:05:29PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > First of all, always include the list in a response to something > > from the list. Other people will be reading and may well know > > more than me or any other person who responds. eg, don't just > > send the follow-on question back to the one responding. Send it > > to the list. > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:26:06PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > > > > > do direct ftp to disk? And what do you mean by fixate? > > > > No. You ftp the file down to the local machine and then use a CD burning > > utility to burn file to the CD. On FreeBSD there is one called 'burncd'. > > I am not familiar with the ones on a MS system, but there are several > > available. Maybe someone else will suggest one or there is probably > > some information in the handbook. > > > > Fixate is something that finishes writing a terminal record on > > the CD image or something like that. I don't really know in > > detail. I think some burner utilities do it automatically with > > no choice. The burncd utility needs to have you specify it. > > > > jerry > > > > > > > > > > On 12/12/11, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:36:04PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > > > > > > > >> Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It > > > >> was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. > > > >> Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. > > > >> Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? > > > > > > > > Well, the .iso files you get from the FreeBSD distribution are ISO > > > > image files that need to be burned directly to a disk. There is no > > > > other processing or formatting that may be done. > > > > > > > > I do not know what you mean by 'unzipped to a cd rom'. I have never > > > > done anything that sounded like that. > > > > > > > > You should just download the .iso file and burn in to a fresh cd > > > > and fixate it. Then boot it. > > > > > > > > jerry > > > > > > I've used Nero in the past on a Windows system to burn an ISO. You can > download it (probably timebombed) from http://www.tucows.com/ I think. > > Instructions on burning and fixating are here: > > http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm > > > Regards, > > -- > > Frank > > Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html > > I recall having some trouble finding a decent ISO burner for Windows that didn't require paying but came across ActiveISO Burner. It's pretty decent, it's incredibly simple to use and has a clearly labeled option to burn ISO images. This was Windows 7 although it will be fine to use on most earlier versions. As others have mentioned you only need FreeBSD Disc1. I personally just use the "User" installation option which only installs binaries and man pages and docs. I don't install the sources and ports collection at that stage, I find it's best to add that later. Then I'd recommend updating your system using 'freebsd-update', at that point you can add the ports collection with 'portsnap' and install loads of cool stuff, like X and a window manager. Personally I use xfce4. I used to use fvwm2 but I just like to have things operational quickly without fiddling with config files. Jamie ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Noel wrote: > On 12/12/2011 5:05 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:26:06PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: >>> do direct ftp to disk? And what do you mean by fixate? >> No. You ftp the file down to the local machine and then use a CD burning >> utility to burn file to the CD. > > > Daniel, > > An ISO file is basically a "snapshot" of a CD (or DVD or BlueRay) > disc. You need special software to burn the image to a CD. Do NOT > open the ISO file and copy the contents to a CD; that won't work. > > Windows 7 includes the ability to burn an iso; right-click the .iso > file and pick "Burn disc image". > > For WinXP/Vista (or if you want a little more control in Win7), you > need an iso burner program. Here's a free one I've used this in the > past: > http://www.ntfs.com/iso_burner_free.htm > > > > > -- Noel Jones > ___ > 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" I usually use k3b, think it is great for all cd -dvd burning and I have also followed the Handbook and used sysutils/cdrtools-devel and worked perfectly and didn't need kde. ed ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
On 12/12/2011 5:05 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:26:06PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: >> do direct ftp to disk? And what do you mean by fixate? > No. You ftp the file down to the local machine and then use a CD burning > utility to burn file to the CD. Daniel, An ISO file is basically a "snapshot" of a CD (or DVD or BlueRay) disc. You need special software to burn the image to a CD. Do NOT open the ISO file and copy the contents to a CD; that won't work. Windows 7 includes the ability to burn an iso; right-click the .iso file and pick "Burn disc image". For WinXP/Vista (or if you want a little more control in Win7), you need an iso burner program. Here's a free one I've used this in the past: http://www.ntfs.com/iso_burner_free.htm -- Noel Jones ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
On 12/13/11 09:58, Frank Shute wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 06:05:29PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: First of all, always include the list in a response to something from the list. Other people will be reading and may well know more than me or any other person who responds. eg, don't just send the follow-on question back to the one responding. Send it to the list. On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:26:06PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: do direct ftp to disk? And what do you mean by fixate? No. You ftp the file down to the local machine and then use a CD burning utility to burn file to the CD. On FreeBSD there is one called 'burncd'. I am not familiar with the ones on a MS system, but there are several available. Maybe someone else will suggest one or there is probably some information in the handbook. Fixate is something that finishes writing a terminal record on the CD image or something like that. I don't really know in detail. I think some burner utilities do it automatically with no choice. The burncd utility needs to have you specify it. jerry On 12/12/11, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:36:04PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? Well, the .iso files you get from the FreeBSD distribution are ISO image files that need to be burned directly to a disk. There is no other processing or formatting that may be done. I do not know what you mean by 'unzipped to a cd rom'. I have never done anything that sounded like that. You should just download the .iso file and burn in to a fresh cd and fixate it. Then boot it. jerry I've used Nero in the past on a Windows system to burn an ISO. You can download it (probably timebombed) from http://www.tucows.com/ I think. Instructions on burning and fixating are here: http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm Regards, Depending on your windows (xp and later) it should be built-in (only a very basic one though). Double click and it should give an option to burn the disk. Once its completed, voila! You have the ultimate weapon in the computing world! Sorry... got carried away, but nearly accurate though :) - you have a bootable disk to install FreeBSD 8.2. Mostly you'll only need disk 1. The others have pkg files for certain applications, but you can download those as you need them automatically using pkg_add -r and connected to the internet. That way you get the updated versions as well. Better yet: try the ports instead. For more info on either check out the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/. Good luck! ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 06:05:29PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > First of all, always include the list in a response to something > from the list. Other people will be reading and may well know > more than me or any other person who responds. eg, don't just > send the follow-on question back to the one responding. Send it > to the list. > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:26:06PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > > > do direct ftp to disk? And what do you mean by fixate? > > No. You ftp the file down to the local machine and then use a CD burning > utility to burn file to the CD. On FreeBSD there is one called 'burncd'. > I am not familiar with the ones on a MS system, but there are several > available. Maybe someone else will suggest one or there is probably > some information in the handbook. > > Fixate is something that finishes writing a terminal record on > the CD image or something like that. I don't really know in > detail. I think some burner utilities do it automatically with > no choice. The burncd utility needs to have you specify it. > > jerry > > > > > > On 12/12/11, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:36:04PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > > > > > >> Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It > > >> was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. > > >> Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. > > >> Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? > > > > > > Well, the .iso files you get from the FreeBSD distribution are ISO > > > image files that need to be burned directly to a disk. There is no > > > other processing or formatting that may be done. > > > > > > I do not know what you mean by 'unzipped to a cd rom'. I have never > > > done anything that sounded like that. > > > > > > You should just download the .iso file and burn in to a fresh cd > > > and fixate it. Then boot it. > > > > > > jerry > > > I've used Nero in the past on a Windows system to burn an ISO. You can download it (probably timebombed) from http://www.tucows.com/ I think. Instructions on burning and fixating are here: http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html pgpbWsoagepsp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Installing free bsd
First of all, always include the list in a response to something from the list. Other people will be reading and may well know more than me or any other person who responds. eg, don't just send the follow-on question back to the one responding. Send it to the list. On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:26:06PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > do direct ftp to disk? And what do you mean by fixate? No. You ftp the file down to the local machine and then use a CD burning utility to burn file to the CD. On FreeBSD there is one called 'burncd'. I am not familiar with the ones on a MS system, but there are several available. Maybe someone else will suggest one or there is probably some information in the handbook. Fixate is something that finishes writing a terminal record on the CD image or something like that. I don't really know in detail. I think some burner utilities do it automatically with no choice. The burncd utility needs to have you specify it. jerry > > On 12/12/11, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:36:04PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > > > >> Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It > >> was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. > >> Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. > >> Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? > > > > Well, the .iso files you get from the FreeBSD distribution are ISO > > image files that need to be burned directly to a disk. There is no > > other processing or formatting that may be done. > > > > I do not know what you mean by 'unzipped to a cd rom'. I have never > > done anything that sounded like that. > > > > You should just download the .iso file and burn in to a fresh cd > > and fixate it. Then boot it. > > > > jerry > > > >> ___ > >> 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" > > ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:36:04PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? Well, the .iso files you get from the FreeBSD distribution are ISO image files that need to be burned directly to a disk. There is no other processing or formatting that may be done. I do not know what you mean by 'unzipped to a cd rom'. I have never done anything that sounded like that. You should just download the .iso file and burn in to a fresh cd and fixate it. Then boot it. jerry Yeah, there is nothing to "unzip". You need to simply burn the ISO image on a CD/DVD. Once it is burned you should look at the content of the CD/DVD and you should see the files that are part of the ISO image... Hello, Daniel Lewis: If you come from Windows world, probably by "unzipping to a cd rom" you mean double-clicking the .iso file and burning to a cd the displayed content of the iso file. Please, don't do that. Just look for " burn image" in your cd burning program, navigate to your just downloaded .iso file and select it for burning. If you want to install 8.2 version, you only need to download and burn the file: FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso and later, maybe you will need to burn (in the same way, better in different disks) the files: FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso and FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc3.iso Then (Backup all your data) insert the first cd (-disc1.iso), restart your PC and select booting from the cd drive. But first! Please read more detailed instructions, and *Warnings* in: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/install-pre.html Good luck, dermidio. ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:36:04PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > >> Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It >> was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. >> Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. >> Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? > > Well, the .iso files you get from the FreeBSD distribution are ISO > image files that need to be burned directly to a disk. There is no > other processing or formatting that may be done. > > I do not know what you mean by 'unzipped to a cd rom'. I have never > done anything that sounded like that. > > You should just download the .iso file and burn in to a fresh cd > and fixate it. Then boot it. > > jerry Yeah, there is nothing to "unzip". You need to simply burn the ISO image on a CD/DVD. Once it is burned you should look at the content of the CD/DVD and you should see the files that are part of the ISO image... ___ 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"
Re: Installing free bsd
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:36:04PM -0600, Daniel Lewis wrote: > Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It > was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. > Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. > Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? Well, the .iso files you get from the FreeBSD distribution are ISO image files that need to be burned directly to a disk. There is no other processing or formatting that may be done. I do not know what you mean by 'unzipped to a cd rom'. I have never done anything that sounded like that. You should just download the .iso file and burn in to a fresh cd and fixate it. Then boot it. jerry > ___ > 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" ___ 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"
Installing free bsd
Im new to FreeBSD and did a FTP of 8.2 and unzipped to a cd rom. It was an ISO Version. I then FTP the CDROM BOOT file and un zipped it. Unfortunately It wont auto start when i put disk in computer startup. Need support.. Is the windows format on disk causing problems? ___ 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"
Re: Installing Free BSD 5.21
It was said: >I have had a crash on my computer I try to install McAfee Internet = >Security 6.0 I keep getting this error message. The Wizard was >interrupted before 6.o could be completely installed. It say new >program = >when I check McAfee it says it is empty. Will installing this=20 >help this problem. I don't know much about computers but I am trying >to = >follow all the directions from McAfee support but there instructions >are = >just not working. >Kind Regards Chris Hello, Just to be clear, you are trying to install a Windows program on to a FreeBSD 5.2.1 system. Is that correct? If it is, this is not going to work. Look on the side of the box under System Requirements to see which operatings systems the software is designed for. If you are trying to install a Windows program on Windows, you need to contact your software vendor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for assistance. HTH, Stheg __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Installing Free BSD 5.21
I have had a crash on my computer I try to install McAfee Internet Security 6.0 I keep getting this error message. The Wizard was interrupted before 6.o could be completely installed. It say new program when I check McAfee it says it is empty. Will installing this help this problem. I don't know much about computers but I am trying to follow all the directions from McAfee support but there instructions are just not working. Kind Regards Chris ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
