Nick Bender wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:08 PM, PJ<af.gour...@videotron.ca> wrote: > > Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > >> Once you've cleared that hurdle, It would help a lot with > more details > >> about the hardware, what image file you are using and where it came > >> from (ie is it the i386 one, the amd64 one, off an official mirror > >> site, or something different) and what application and > options you use > >> to burn the CD. > > I already posted wherefrom - openBSD ftp site; the burning was done > > exaactly the same as for the FreeBSD and many other files > without ever > > having any problems... and I mean, EVER ! > > How about giving actual details. Here let me help: > > Downloaded install45.iso from > ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/amd64/. > Attempted to boot on an IBM x305 with the following errors: ... > Maybe a dmesg from another OS would help... > > See? That wouldn't be too hard now would it? > > >> Burning CD images to DVD media does not always work, > >> for example (probably a stupid one that risks insistent > >> contradictions, but well,), so any detail you supply could > be helpful > >> in sorting out whatever the problem is. > > It really pisses me off that everyone assumes that the poor > sap who is > > asking for help is too stupid to have done things right and > they just > > forget that maybe the problem is in the SOURCE ! > > Rather than details you get all defensive. And for the record I assume > that you are doing something wrong. Why? Because I've booted both > install45.iso and install46.iso hundreds of times without any > problems. > Notice I didn't say stupid, just wrong. I've made my share of brainos > over the years - are you capable of laughing at yourself? > > > I know what a bootable image usually looks like... but > neither of those > > I downloaded look right. > > What color is yours? I see the amd64 installer as mauve and the > i386 as more of a dark green. Again, no details... > > > Unless, of course the booting is supposed to be done in some > > incomprehesible way from some other operating system in > some mysterious > > way that is not spelled out anywhere where I can find it, > anyway. :-) > > Search the archives. Very few people get stuck at the same > point as you. > > > Sorry, but I'm ust laughing all theway back to FreeBSD... > they may be > > fucked-up but at least I can managed to figure out how to > to deal with > them. > > I liked the idea of how your head honcho runs things and the general > > response to the OS, but by gosh and by golly, Molly, > somebody ai'nt got > > the steering sheel pointed right! > > Buh-bye. Don't let the iso hit you in the ass on the way out... > > -N >
Maybe it really IS a cup holder. Those do not give out very good diagnostics.
