booting off 6.0 cdrom for Install

Dear FreeBSD forum,

Please forgive this question if it seems so elementary.
I am a newbie and have googled the matter, searched the FreeBSD.org
mailing list archives and read the Handbook and still am in the dark.

ISSUE:
Trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 from cdrom on my PIII laptop and not
reaching an "install" menu.

BACKGROUND:
I have created a "FreeBSD_Install" cdrom from the
6.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso download.
When I boot from the cd I reach a 6-option Boot menu but do not get to
the Install menu described in 2.3.1 of the Handbook.

Note: If I do try to boot, the boot process itself seems to fail with a
"Cannot dump: no dump device defined" following a "Fatal trap 12 page
fault while in kernel mode"- in case that illustrates anything, and
that's boot attempts with or without APCI.

MY SYSTEM:
PIII Laptop with recent rev BIOS & 512MB ram
Internal hard drive with 3 partitions:
1 Primary NTFS (30GB with XP)
2 Primary FAT32 (6GB for FreeBSD)
3 Primary FAT32 (800MB for swapping between XP &
FreeBSD)

* The pc definitely allows me to boot from a cd
* The MD5 hash on my download matches the published hash
* Yes, I am going nuts- being so eager to get this OS up and dig
into it!


So the basic question is:
Is the install process supposed to be as simple as:
A create a primary FAT32 partition
B boot your machine from the FreeBSD_Install (DISK 1) cd
C follow the prompts through the install process



Your advice is most appreciated,


Daniel Goldberg



IT | Post-Production Systems Engineer
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