Date: 30 Sep 1998 23:48:43 -0700 From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: recycling boot prompt Message-ID: <m3yar0u69g.fsf@chub.local>
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Installed and running, FreeBSD-2.2.7. At least for awhile.... After initial basic install. I went back and ftp installed some of the `packages' to get a more usefull installation. Very time consuming of course. I've put a line in Lilo.conf on a linux install (same disk) to boot BSD. It has worked a few times. After the ftp package install. On reboot, I get to lilo, select BSD then get a prompt that keeps trying to start booting but only returns to a `boot prompt' in a second or two. Cycles endlessly. I wasn't able to see how to enter in a diagnostic mode or something to try to see what might be wrong. Whats likely to be causing this. I tried just booting linux and rerunning `lilo' but got the same result. I hate to reinstall now because of the installed packages getting zapped. Takes too long to get them again. Trying to do something with the `fixit' floppy. Soon as this is posted. -- Harry Putnam reader@newsguy.com Running Redhat Linux-5.1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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