FreeBSD Question

dmitri · 17-11-2004, 11:04 PM

Hello,

I went right ahead and bought the Nov 2004 Digit the minute I saw FreeBSD 5.2.1 on it. Little did I know it would contain RARs of the distro instead of the ISOs... I find that really silly?

Anybody here know how I can burn those onto bootable FreeBSD CDs?

I am aware of the floppy installation but I specifically buy hardware without FDs (I feel it's ancient!

).

Please advise.

Thanks,
Dmitri

nixcraft · 18-11-2004, 04:33 PM

Get winrar (it is free) from net and they use nero to burn those cds or you can do without that too, provided that you understand freebsd hard disk installation method.

All the best!

GNUrag · 18-11-2004, 06:05 PM

RAR of the distro ? Distros dont come in rar format... A CD image has to be ISO. you must have associaled .iso with WinRAR....

sreevirus · 18-11-2004, 06:37 PM

hi dmitry
u r mistaken
the freebsd images are indeed in iso format (i just double checked it on my dvd)...as GNUrag said, u must have associated .iso files with winrar and u must have disabled "view extensions" in ur folder options.
just go ahead and burn the images thru nero (or any other s/w that u use for burning cds).

17-11-2004, 11:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
dmitri Right Off the Assembly Line Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1	FreeBSD Question Hello, I went right ahead and bought the Nov 2004 Digit the minute I saw FreeBSD 5.2.1 on it. Little did I know it would contain RARs of the distro instead of the ISOs... I find that really silly? Anybody here know how I can burn those onto bootable FreeBSD CDs? I am aware of the floppy installation but I specifically buy hardware without FDs (I feel it's ancient! ). Please advise. Thanks, Dmitri

18-11-2004, 04:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
nixcraft Broken In Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: BIOS Posts: 101	Get winrar (it is free) from net and they use nero to burn those cds or you can do without that too, provided that you understand freebsd hard disk installation method. All the best! __________________ Who am I? What am I doing? Why this happened to me? Are you stuck in life? Then read the most age old “Bhagwat gita” to solve all mysteries of life.

18-11-2004, 06:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
GNUrag FooBar Guy Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: GNUmbai Posts: 1,245	RAR of the distro ? Distros dont come in rar format... A CD image has to be ISO. you must have associaled .iso with WinRAR.... __________________ - -- http://www.MovieAB.com - A tiny movie mashup!

18-11-2004, 06:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
sreevirus Certified Nutz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The 3rd rock from the sun Posts: 310	hi dmitry u r mistaken the freebsd images are indeed in iso format (i just double checked it on my dvd)...as GNUrag said, u must have associated .iso files with winrar and u must have disabled "view extensions" in ur folder options. just go ahead and burn the images thru nero (or any other s/w that u use for burning cds). __________________ "Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive!" - Bugs Bunny

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