Thank you everyone. I think it was a BIOS problem. I found a laptop on
which I've successfully installed 2.1. I'm really impressed at how
clean the system is after first installation. No unnecessary services
starting up so I don't have to clean up after a fresh install.
Fantastic!

cheers
Chandru

On 03/11/05, Timo Schoeler <timo.schoeler@riscworks.net> wrote:
> hi,
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > This is the first time I am trying NetBSD and I am not able to boot
> > from CD. I downloaded an ISO image and burned a CD with it. I'm trying
> > to install NetBSD on a machine which currently has Smoothwall
> > installed on it.
> >
> > I've set the CDROM as the first boot device in the BIOS settings but
> > for some reason it is not booting from CD. I've tried both 2.0.2 and
> > 2.1 without any luck. Any tips please? I've searched the archives and
> > can't find anything to help me.
> >
> > cheers
> > Chandru
>
> can you access the CD from the machine you burnt it on, see directories
> and files on it? maybe your CD recording software didn't handle the .iso
> image correctly...
>
> HTH,
>
> timo
>