From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 19 08:55:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D60416A405 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:55:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from homeinbed@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 402FB13C4A3 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:55:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from homeinbed@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i21so421037wra for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:55:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=QIqW6IAnbjhKN4TNt6zJN29rj4Gn20z8EkrH65EJlOZRivdHgWkjrb1JfVeLaXf0sfpsD37h+PCb28Ynieak/MhlCWSDnHvcg5kGgo1dmuCpSJrkViUZeRT5vDRXrCj6k6AjwvEYJ3Lcb0kApwS1oAd0F/bpWQQzMwAFm/3rGY4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=MR3bjtglatI/QP2XbOmAV9xv4YMv37M3tnMS0fIUpkrbnvRzOEdY3Q/x8V9D2lC/xawUZrZ70L4OSi/cnKu9BcNKKpMJOVqjzuu0TPCGrrp0Tcx9g5fTiYvDEiKw5zItW9Qc0yZ1tnxNwkDcILrGJMxwfxyAnXPJZkYnQixX4GI= Received: by 10.78.160.2 with SMTP id i2mr685400hue.1184833875913; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:31:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.118.13 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:31:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <416f456e0707190131y3e0ca1b9xf636ca7b7334551b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:31:15 +0100 From: "John Clement" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: no /boot/loader - after installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:55:35 -0000 I'm installing 6.1 on an HP Vectra VL420, I've been in the BIOS to set the C/H/S as per what the install reports (I've tried an 80GB Seagate and a 250GB WD), the install all seems to go fine. I've tried the FreeBSD boot manager, a standard MBR and even setting the disk as dedicated, but regardless I end up with the same 'no /boot/loader' when it reboots. I suspect (and hope) I'm making a simple mistake, I just haven't seen this happen before. Thanks in advance!! jc