On 28 Jul 2006, at 14:57, Frank Petitjean wrote:

> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer <at> antioche.eu.org> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Are you sure your CD is properly burned ? Did you try to read the
> > files in there from another OS or another box ?
> > 
> 
> I burned the ISO image on various CD and burning software, with always
> the same result. I also have the same kind of problem with desktop
> BSD.
> 
> I can copy the file GERERIC_kernel.tgz from the CD to my hardisk on
> Linux. I can open it with the KDE untar software.
> 
> I have a DVD-ROM Pioneer DVR-109. 
> 
> May be there is a problem with the format used with BSDs or with the
> untar sofware ?
> 
> I have never had such a problem with Linux.

I've had similar problems with various pc/os where the cd disappears 
during install. Three solutions I've found in these cases have been 
either to have a copy of cd on a dos partition (easy if you already 
have one) or ftp or nfs install either over internet or from a cd or 
copy mounted on another system (the installs from local copies can be 
faster than from cdrom).

I've used one or other of these methods with OS/2, Linux FreeBSD and 
NetBSD. I've done installs over for the latter three).

David