Installation Disc Won't Boot

[Manolis Kiagias]

lawrence.petrykanyn at sympatico.ca 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