Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:07:55 -0700 (PDT) From: John Von Essen <essenz@essenz.com> To: <hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: boot loader issues... Message-ID: <20030618110041.C23416-100000@beck.quonix.net>
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Looked through the archives, but I am still confused. A fresh install of FreeBSD on a older Celeron box is having boot loader issues. Basically, if you let it boot by itself, boot loader will start working, then as soon as it starts loading the kernel - poof - screen syncs and it reboots. If I press some keys quickly, and stop boot loader and get a prompt. At the prompt, if I type boot kernel or just kernel, the system comes up fine. The only message is see is right before the kernel load, it says: WARNING: loader(8) metadata is missing In the archives, this sort of problem can happen when you temper with /boot. But like I said, this is a fresh install (boot from floppy, then install via FTP). I did the install twice, once from 4.7 floppies, once from 4.8 floppies. I am thinking that this might be related to some bad hardware. Could a bad drive or motherboard cause this? If so, why boot: boot kernel work? Thanks John
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