From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 09:49:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AB5B16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:49:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from web41201.mail.yahoo.com (web41201.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED41443D2A for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:49:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from estate200@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20031210174955.5295.qmail@web41201.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [209.48.160.34] by web41201.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:49:55 PST Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:49:55 -0800 (PST) From: estate To: questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: freeBSD 4.9 won't boot after installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:49:56 -0000 HI, I am pretty sure this is a misconfigured partition problem but maybe someone there can help. installing freeBSD 4.9 onto a compaq deskpro, 4 GB IDE, 192 MB RAM, previous OS is XP home ed. I dedicated a 4 GB drive to freebsd 4.9 and specified it be bootable. I also installed (at least once) the boot loader. no matter the configuration when the boot loader or the bios tries to boot freeBSD a black, blank screen appears and the system reboots. It loops like this. no problems installing from CDrom. Only problem is after the installation. I have confirmed that freeBSD files are on the hard drive and as a test I installed SUSE linux onto the same machine, no problems. any suggestions or resources to explore. i have looked over the handbooks and googled it to death. thanks very much matt