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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 10:55:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Bill Sandiford <sysop@interlinks.net>
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Subject: Re: First time install
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On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Bill Sandiford wrote:

> I have just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 for the first time.
> In fact, I have never installed any UNIX before.
> 
> After the install was complete the system rebooted.  Now it won't load, I am
> getting a message that says :
> 
> Boot:
> dosdev = 80, biosdrive = 0, unit = 0, maj = 4
> Can't find /kernel

Did you receive any error messages during the install?  Did you specify to
load the bin distribution?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major