Mooney Potter wrote:
> To the Support Group,
>
> When I download the iso images for freebsd5, do I just burn them tot
> he CD? Like do I need something else to read the iso-images when I
> boot or does my computer?
ISO-images should not be burned to a CD as data, but as an ISO. If
burning as
When you burn the ISO images to the CD it converts it from the ISO
format to an actual CD where files and such are present on the CD. ISO
is simply a standard for exchanging images of entire CDs with other
people over the internet and such. Think of it as a giant zip file.
You will need to have
Hi Mooney,
You need to burn the contents of the ISO image.. not the physical file
whatever.iso
If you'd like to read the contents, you can mount the .iso file using the
following:
mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path/to/file /path/to/mount/point
I'm not up to date on cd writing under *nix so I can't
> When I download the iso images for freebsd5, do I just burn them tot
> he CD? Like do I need something else to read the iso-images when I
> boot or does my computer?
>
> Do I just need the ISo images to install FREEbsd?
I am not sure to understand your question but all you need to do is burn
