New install issue with ISO

[deanot]

So what gives, I have downloaded several versions of PFsense, I extract them and windows will not touch the ISO, says it is an unsupported type, so I try one that PFSense says to use IMGBurn.  It is also telling me the file is not supported, I have never had issues with ISO files before, shit, you can't go wrong with them.

So what is going on?

[johnpoz]

The iso are .gz did you extract them before you tried to burn them?

[deanot]

Yes sir I did, I have even tried downloading from other sources, just did one with the same results.

[johnpoz]

Did you validate the hash?

I just download from first mirror the 64bit iso and loaded it up in imgburn without any issue ready to go - just not there to put a dvd in the drive..  What exact error are you getting?

[deanot]

not sure how to validate the hash, see screenshot.

[deanot]

The file I am downloading is pfSense-memstick-2.2.5-RELEASE-i386.img, I extract it using WinRAR to a folder with the same name as the file.  I then open up ImgBurn, select the file, after about 15 seconds it comes up with the above error.

Excuse the screen shot, I was not aware it grabbed both my monitors.

[doktornotor]

@deanot:

The file I am downloading is pfSense-memstick-2.2.5-RELEASE-i386.img, I extract it using WinRAR to a folder with the same name as the file.  I then open up ImgBurn, select the file, after about 15 seconds it comes up with the above error.

Noooooooooooooo. WTH. Why are you opening that in ImgBurn?!  :o And why are you download memstick image when you want ISO?  ::)

[deanot]

@doktornotor:

@deanot:

The file I am downloading is pfSense-memstick-2.2.5-RELEASE-i386.img, I extract it using WinRAR to a folder with the same name as the file.  I then open up ImgBurn, select the file, after about 15 seconds it comes up with the above error.

Noooooooooooooo. WTH.

What? The machine I am building does not have a DVD drive…. did I fuck up? lol

[doktornotor]

Please, read this: https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Writing_Disk_Images

Rufus should write the IMG to your USB drive just fine. Don't touch ImgBurn, totally won't work.

[deanot]

I was hoping to extract the file so I could put it on a thumbdrive, so I could boot from it to install on the machine I have that has no DVD/CD drive in it.

[johnpoz]

doesn't even show what file your loading..

So you download the hash you like better the md5 or the sha1, then using your fav checksum too validate it..

couple for windows that come to mind are md5summer, hashtab, hashcheck

http://implbits.com/products/hashtab/
http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/

Validate the .gz file hash matches.. if not then your download was bad.. But normally if bad wont extract which you say you did.

[doktornotor]

@deanot:

I was hoping to extract the file so I could put it on a thumbdrive, so I could boot from it to install on the machine I have that has no DVD/CD drive in it.

As noted above, use Rufus with the memstick image. NOT ImgBurn or anything else intended for dealing with optical media.

[deanot]

Ok, now I feel like a dumbass… lol.  I will go give it a try, I have rufus running, so will try it now.

Thanks

[deanot]

Yep, that worked… duhh.  lol.

Thanks for both of your help. Appreciate it.

[doktornotor]

Well, at least it's solved quickly, lol. :D