Noble operator nwarner, I only bring disappointment I am afraid. FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE Errata givesAccording to the FreeBSD docs, '.disc1.iso' is meant for a CD.
According to my CD burner, it's too large for a CD. And I don't have a DVD reader in my Dell PowerEdge 2850.
Am I missing something here?
Due to the size of the base system of FreeBSD 12.0, the disc1.iso images for amd64 and
i386 do not fit onto a 700 MB CD-ROM. As of FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE, however, disc1.iso
for these architectures can be written to a flash drive, or to a DVD.
cdrecord -overburn
, but is probably not appropriate for your computer.Are you sure? As far as I know they shipped with DVD drives by default, both my 2850's and 2950's have one and as far as I recall this wasn't a special option or something.And I don't have a DVD reader in my Dell PowerEdge 2850.
Time to update the hardware - maybe get an external USB DVD writer or something. I have stuff over 12 years old and that's what I use to install FreeBSD.
If you are using a flash drive, get the img files.
Why don't you use a memory stick?Dell PowerEdge 2850.
As of FreeBSD 12, the disc1.iso file also works fine with USB memory sticks.If you are using a flash drive, get the img files. Unlike Linux, which uses an iso image for both cd (or dvd) and flash drive, FreeBSD has iso files for cd's and dvds's, and img files for USB drives. So, if using a USB stick, download an img. file.