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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 10:42:56 EST
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Subject: problems with installing freebsd
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i went out and purchased freebsd 2.2.5
and i am having the same problem after the installation it telling me 
can't find  the kernel.

 

subj:	 Re: problems with installing freebsd 2.2.2
Date:	97-12-10 21:05:23 EST
From:	erich@compecon.com (Eric Hedstrom)
To:	JASONNYQ@AOL.COM (JASONNYQ)
CC:	questions@freebsd.org

Is your 4gig hard drive an Ultra-DMA IDE drive? If so, 2.2.2 won't talk
to it; you'll need FreeBSD-CURRENT.

Eric Hedstrom
erich@compecon.com

JASONNYQ wrote:
> 
> after installing FreeBSD 2.2.2 and ensuring that the root file system was in
> the
> first 1024 cylinders. i tried to restart the system i got a message CAN'T
FIND
> KERNEL. at the boot prompt i typed kernel.GENERIC and got the same message
> I purchased FREEBSD 2.2.2 from walnut creek so i called their technical
> support
> and they could not figured out why it was happening so the advised me to
> consult the FREEBSD.ORG
> 
> NOTE: my machine does not have mutiple partitions.
> i have a 4 gig hard drive , 12 speed cdrom drive , pentium p166