From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 9 00:21:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A28F01065683 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 00:21:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2936B8FC1A for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 00:21:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m790LKN6023863; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:21:21 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080808191929.0250e3e0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:21:12 -0500 To: acmeinc , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <18900844.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <18899421.post@talk.nabble.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080808184707.0249b5d8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <18900779.post@talk.nabble.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080808190348.024efc48@mail.computinginnovations.com> <18900844.post@talk.nabble.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080808-0, 08/08/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/7984/Fri Aug 8 13:51:24 2008 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: m790LKN6023863 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: no boot/loader 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: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:21:29 -0000 At 07:11 PM 8/8/2008, acmeinc wrote: >Excellent! I will try this among the other things mentioned when I get back >home. > >Final note, what would this BIOS MBR setting look like normally, or an idea >of where to look in the CMOS. > >THanks A lot of BIOS's have a setting for boot virus prevention, or it will just be to enable or disable the boot area being written. Most BIOS's have just a few pages of settings, so look through them all. -Derek >Derek Ragona wrote: > > > > At 07:00 PM 8/8/2008, acmeinc wrote: > > > >>Check things? Which things should I be checking for? And where should I >be > >>checking them, to be more specific, which optoin should I choose within > >>sysinstall to check the things? > >> > >>I am reading on another forum the installation is incorrect and to try > >>again, however I have tried many times. Do you think the minimun install >is > >>not enough to allow for bootup? > > > > Before you exit sysinstall, go to the emergency shell I believe alt+F4 > > will > > get you there. Then do: > > mount > > > > The output from mount will show where the new filesystems are mounted. > > You > > can check that /boot is populated and that you have a kernel in > > /boot/kernel/kernel. To check those you'd type: > > > > ls -al [fill in the root mount point]/boot > > > > and > > > > ls -al [fill in the root mount point]/boot/kernel/kernel > > > > Check your BIOS settings. It is likely you have a setting in the BIOS > > preventing the boot area being written. > > > > -Derek > > > > > > > > > >>Derek Ragona wrote: > >> > > >> > At 04:42 PM 8/8/2008, acmeinc wrote: > >> > > >> >>No /boot/loader > >> >>no /boot/kernel/kernel > >> >> > >> >>I isntalled FreeBSD 7.0 with the defaults for partiioning. I am using > >> one > >> >>hard drive in which I followed with the ASQ (auto, tag for boot, quit) > >> >>command. I choose the standard boot loader option. I installed through > >> the > >> >>master freebsd site via ethernet. Upon the congratulation screen is > >> asks > >>for > >> >>a reboot, and to remove the boot disk, I resart to the error message > >>above. > >> >>I believe it is because a boot loader is not installed, however, it > >> should > >> >>be. Is it not in the set up, it is one of the first steps. > >> >> > >> >>Following the errors I am in put into a boot prompt: > >> >> > >> >>boot: > >> >> > >> >>Are there any commands I can run from this prompt to manually boot? How > >>can > >> >>I make the boot work? Will I need to install my own boot loader? How > >> can I > >> >>install a manul boot loader? How can I check if the boot loader is > >> >>installed, but just not loading properly? > >> > > >> > You would do well do try the install again, but check things BEFORE you > >> > allow sysinstall to exit and reboot. Also check that your BIOS has any > >> > anti-virus settings not allowing the boot area of the hard disk to be > >> > written, turned off. > >> > > >> > -Derek > >> > > >> > -- > >> > This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >> > believed to be clean. > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > >> > > >> > >>-- > >>View this message in context: > >>http://www.nabble.com/no-boot-loader-tp18899421p18900779.html > >>Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >>-- > >>This message has been scanned for viruses and > >>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >>believed to be clean. > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > >-- >View this message in context: >http://www.nabble.com/no-boot-loader-tp18899421p18900844.html >Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.