STeve Andre' wrote: > On Wednesday 05 August 2009 15:15:13 PJ wrote: > >> What am I missing here? >> Burning the iso image of install45.iso does not create a bootable disk. >> This is not a very good beginning for someone who has just decided to >> trash FreeBSD. >> FBSDs disks boot with no problem... >> > > It would help very much if you would state where you got the > image from, ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/i386/cd45.iso > and also try making another copy of it and trying > that. What happens when you try booting? > Obviously, if I hadn't tried to boot I wouldn't be asking here; but I'll humor you ;-) ...: "Searching for Boot Record from CD/DVD-0..Not Found Boot Failure Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device Press any key when ready > You can always create a boot floppy and do an ftp install if you > are having CD problems. > It's not I who is having problems. I think it's OpenBSD.
It doesn't take much to look at the contents of the ISO file and see that it won't boot. But I guess I'm a glutton for frustration and I was just laughing at myself. Now what. This is a great start for a new system. -- HervC) Kempf: "Pour sauver la planC(te, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- p...@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php
