Marcus Watts wrote: > PJ <af.gour...@videotron.ca> writes: > ... > >> It's not I who is having problems. I think it's OpenBSD. >> > > Assigning blame before resolving the problem is counter-productive. > > >> 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. >> > > The only evidence you've produced here indicates your bios > didn't like your CD. There's a rather large tree of possibilities > for what could cause this - most of which have nothing to do > with OpenBSD. > > You're right, it doesn't take much to look at an ISO image. > > Have you verified that your burned cd has the same checksum as your > downloaded ISO file? > > So what did you find when you looked at the contents of your cd? > Are there tar balls? tar balls, yes; kernels - unless they're in a tar ball; and el torito - don't know, but there are boot files I think it's the dvd drive... really a bummer.... > kernels? el torito boot image? > > >> This is a great start for a new system. >> > > Temper, temper. > If anyone had taken seriously all the problems and hormanure I have had to put up with for the last two they would have either gone out and done something stupid to someone else or to themselves... I have to vent my frustrations somewhere and whatever got in the way was a target... lucky I'm a peacful guy but I sure don't like some of the shit I've been putting up with, especially recently. I just can't believe this absurdly stupid lg dvd drive not booting... it writes the dvds allright, but why the hell doesn't it read or boot from them? I'll know tomorrow when I return the damned thing. > -Marcus Watts > >
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