I am trying to boot it in a computer where other stuff has booted alright.
I downloaded the i386 iso from the Netherlands, which is the nearest mirror.
The checksum checks out with the one from where I downloaded the iso.

I am fairly sure I burnt the CD correctly - I double clicked the iso file in a Windows
PC and let Roxio take it from there. I burnt it onto a 700 MB CD-R. I burnt
FreeBSD on the same computer in the same way and have had no problems
with those disks.

The computer is a Compaq Armada 100S, with an AMD processor, ACPI,
192 Mb RAM. (It is running FreeBSD at the moment, but I want the smart looking
XFCE desktop that comes with FreesBIE). Maybe I should just copy over the CD
into my existing file structure from the FreesBIE disk.

Any similar experiences?

you burnt the iso, and then booted from CD and it didnt load?

Perhaps if Freesbie could have boot floppies like with FreeBSD that will start the CD detection/installation.
I have an older laptop, which is perhaps why I can't boot.

Perhaps if Freesbie could have boot floppies like with FreeBSD that will start the CD detection/installation.
I have an older laptop, which is perhaps why I can't boot.

I couldn't boot freesbie 1.1. I would hang after it got to "start networking".