Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
Hi, Manoliis: I took your advice. I copied the burned iso file into a FreeBSD directory and ran md5 and the check digits did not match. I then copied my downloaded iso image from Win98 into FreeBSD and ran md5 and the digits did match. So there was nothing wrong with the iso of disc1 that I downloaded from the web site into Win98. It must have been the burning of the file in Win98 with Nero Express that was the problem. So I burned another copy of the iso in FreeBSd with burncd using: burncd -f /dev/acd1 6.2-RELEASE-i386.iso fixate and it booted just fine. Thanks for all of your suggestions and advice. Now I will be spending the better part of the weekend doing the installation of 6.2. Wish me luck. Have a great day, Larry From: Manolis Kiagias [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:34:12 +0300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have downloaded it and burned it three times without success. I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just can't seem to boot from it. 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? Could be that you are burning the file as a real file on a disk instead of burning it as an image? You need to select the option from your program that is similar to create cd from iso image 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) No. Instead you should check the file you already downloaded 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? Not really, no 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is corrupted? Yes. From the site you downloaded the iso files, download the CHECKSUM files as well. There are two of them, CHEKSUM.md5 and CHECKSUM.SHA256 One would be enough to validate your download. For example look at the CHECKSUM.md5 file: For disk1, the checksum is: MD5 (6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso) = 3d27214700687c0b5390e8b6dd3706e3 you can validate this with the md5 command from FreeBSD, or if you don't wish to reboot from win98, here is and md5 command for windows: http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/md5.zip use something like: md5 6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso and compare the output to the one on the file. BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time. I've bought stuff from them: copies of the handbook, tshirts, sticker, beastie dolls :) Good service. Any suggestions, advice, or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Larry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best of luck, Manolis ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I burned another copy of the iso in FreeBSd with burncd using: burncd -f /dev/acd1 6.2-RELEASE-i386.iso fixate and it booted just fine. Thanks for all of your suggestions and advice. Now I will be spending the better part of the weekend doing the installation of 6.2. Wish me luck. Hurrah! :) Better part of a weekend, though? Oh well, mine not to reason why... It occurs to me now that under Win98 you would have had to use the ASPI layer to burn your CD. Much as I loathe Nero, I found it was the ASPI layer that caused my problems. The ASPI layer [for whatever reason] tends to degrade over time until it's unusable. When I finally upgraded my systems to Windows 2000, I was able to use the SPTI layer, which I found far superior to ASPI. It might be a good idea not to use Win98 for burning CDs any more. If you did decide to use a more recent version of Windows, I can recommend the freeware project Burnatonce, which is fully SPTI-capable. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Manoliis: I took your advice. I copied the burned iso file into a FreeBSD directory and ran md5 and the check digits did not match. I then copied my downloaded iso image from Win98 into FreeBSD and ran md5 and the digits did match. So there was nothing wrong with the iso of disc1 that I downloaded from the web site into Win98. It must have been the burning of the file in Win98 with Nero Express that was the problem. So I burned another copy of the iso in FreeBSd with burncd using: burncd -f /dev/acd1 6.2-RELEASE-i386.iso fixate and it booted just fine. Thanks for all of your suggestions and advice. Now I will be spending the better part of the weekend doing the installation of 6.2. Wish me luck. Have a great day, Larry Glad I could be of help! Make sure to get some pizza and beer for your install party :) I believe you will find 6.2 to be an excellent release, as most of us on this list do. Take care, Manolis ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installation Disc Won't Boot
Hi, I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have downloaded it and burned it three times without success. I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just can't seem to boot from it. 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is corrupted? BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time. Any suggestions, advice, or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Larry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:49:30 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have downloaded it and burned it three times without success. I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just can't seem to boot from it. 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is corrupted? Larry, Is there any error message, such as Read Error: 0x..., Could not find Primary Volume Descriptor? Nikola Lečić ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is corrupted? Hi Larry. Could it be the quality of the media you're burning to? I don't know if it's still a problem, but it used to be. These days I always make sure to burn to Verbatim discs, as I've heard many good reports of their manufacturing process as compared to others. It could be that you've just got a bad batch of discs. Here's another thought, why not try making a copy of your FreeBSD 5.4 install disc? That should indicate whether the fault appears at download time or burn time. HtH, Adam J Richardson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have downloaded it and burned it three times without success. I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just can't seem to boot from it. 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? Could be that you are burning the file as a real file on a disk instead of burning it as an image? You need to select the option from your program that is similar to create cd from iso image 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) No. Instead you should check the file you already downloaded 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? Not really, no 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is corrupted? Yes. From the site you downloaded the iso files, download the CHECKSUM files as well. There are two of them, CHEKSUM.md5 and CHECKSUM.SHA256 One would be enough to validate your download. For example look at the CHECKSUM.md5 file: For disk1, the checksum is: MD5 (6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso) = 3d27214700687c0b5390e8b6dd3706e3 you can validate this with the md5 command from FreeBSD, or if you don't wish to reboot from win98, here is and md5 command for windows: http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/md5.zip use something like: md5 6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso and compare the output to the one on the file. BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time. I've bought stuff from them: copies of the handbook, tshirts, sticker, beastie dolls :) Good service. Any suggestions, advice, or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Larry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best of luck, Manolis ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
On 8/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have downloaded it and burned it three times without success. I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just can't seem to boot from it. 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is corrupted? BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time. Any suggestions, advice, or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Larry Do you have a Promise controller? I have to disable my onboard Promise so that I can boot from a FreeBSD CD My Promise: atapci0: Promise PDC20319 SATA150 controller port 0xb000-0xb03f,0xb400-0xb40f,0xb800-0xb87f mem 0xfc024000-0xfc024fff,0xfc00-0xfc01 irq 23 at device 4.0 on pci4 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:4:0: class=0x010400 card=0x80f51043 chip=0x3319105a rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Promise Technology Inc' device = 'PDC20319(??) FastTrak SATA150 TX4 Controller' class = mass storage subclass = RAID -- Joao Barros ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
At 12:49 PM 8/24/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have downloaded it and burned it three times without success. I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just can't seem to boot from it. 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is corrupted? BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time. Any suggestions, advice, or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Larry Is the CD you burn readable under windows or FreeBSD? If it is readable, check your BIOS settings and turnoff any video ram shadow, if it is turned on. I have one older system which I thought had trouble booting the 6.2 disc. I tried my disc out on another system, and saw when this boots it puts up the FreeBSD boot menu, and waits for response. After seeing this, and turning off the video shadow, I tried to boot it on my older server again. This time I was seeing the bootmenu 10 second countdown, while none of the other boot menu was visible. After hitting enter a couple times the countdown started ticking down, and the system booted and launched sysinstall. I was able then to do a upgrade on this server from 5.5 to 6.2. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 03:28:54PM -0500, Derek Ragona wrote: At 12:49 PM 8/24/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have downloaded it and burned it three times without success. I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just can't seem to boot from it. 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is corrupted? BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time. Any suggestions, advice, or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Larry One thing that comes to mind, besides things other people have said. When you burned the CD, did you tell the software to create a bootable ISO? You shouldn't do that. It is already a bootable ISO and needs to be burned as a 'raw' file, directly to the CD. Having it try to make an ISO of an already created ISO might still leave the rest of the files readable, so it might look OK to a quick check, but I don't know. I haven't tried that. I don't know if the term 'raw' is the correct one, but definitely, you need to not use any option that tries to make a bootable ISO as that will mangle the boot stuff already on it. So, if that is the problem, you will have to burn another CD. It shouldn't matter if you burn it under MS-Win as long as it doesn't try to create a bootable ISO from it first. jerry Is the CD you burn readable under windows or FreeBSD? If it is readable, check your BIOS settings and turnoff any video ram shadow, if it is turned on. I have one older system which I thought had trouble booting the 6.2 disc. I tried my disc out on another system, and saw when this boots it puts up the FreeBSD boot menu, and waits for response. After seeing this, and turning off the video shadow, I tried to boot it on my older server again. This time I was seeing the bootmenu 10 second countdown, while none of the other boot menu was visible. After hitting enter a couple times the countdown started ticking down, and the system booted and launched sysinstall. I was able then to do a upgrade on this server from 5.5 to 6.2. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:49:30 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have downloaded it and burned it three times without success. See (4) I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just can't seem to boot from it. 1. Is there something simple I'm missing? Sounds like you might be just copying the .iso file to the CD, rather than burning an image file from the .iso ? but it's not clear how you 'looked at it' from 5.4 .. what does it look like from W98? 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning more copies again? (I've already done it three times...) See (4) 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem? Shouldn't be; I've used both Adaptec CD whatsitcalled and Nero on '98 boxes to burn .iso files - but you do have to select the 'image' write, and to be sure of a good burn maybe drop the write speed to say 4x If you've still got 5.4 installed you could use burncd(8) instead, eg 'burncd -s 4 -f /dev/acd0 data fbsd6.2whatever.iso fixate' 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is corrupted? Yes; also download the (tiny) accompanying .md5 file, then you can run md5(1) from FreeBSD 5.4 on the .iso file to check that its MD5 matches. When you look at the contents of the CD, either from W98 or from having mounted it on FreeBSD 5.4, do you see files and directories on the CD, or just the single .iso file? BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time. Your burned image CD for 6.2 should look pretty much like your 5.4 CD in structure. If that's so and it still won't boot then you can try a copy of everything on it to /dev/null (to test the CD is 100% readable). If that's all good and it still won't boot, show us the error message/s? Cheers, Ian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
