From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 28 14:49:03 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 BDC91106566B for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nicky@valuecare.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EC0A8FC1E for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:49:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nicky@valuecare.nl) Received: from [192.168.119.182] (a80-126-182-198.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.126.182.198]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1SEmwn2090445; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:49:02 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nicky@valuecare.nl) Message-ID: <47C6C9DA.5040501@valuecare.nl> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:48:58 +0100 From: Nicky Bulthuis User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mel References: <47C6A02E.9070900@valuecare.nl> <200802281451.29686.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200802281451.29686.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't load kernel, trying to install on a Dell R900. 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: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:49:03 -0000 Mel wrote: > On Thursday 28 February 2008 12:51:10 Nicky Bulthuis wrote: > >> I'm having 'a lot' of troubles installing FreeBSD on a new Dell R900 >> from CD. Somehow it just doesn't seem to be able to load the kernel from >> the CD. >> >> The machine is turned on with the CD is inserted. >> It shows the message of the BTX Loader and then it stops with an error >> message: >> >> can't load 'kernel' >> >> At first i figured my CD was broken, so i used a different image. Still >> no dice, same error message. I've tried 6.2 (amd64), 6.3 (amd64) and 7.0 >> (amd64), sadly none of them work. >> >> I've disabled the internal CDrom drive and used an external USB CDrom >> drive. I figured, perhaps the internal cdrom drive is incompatible with >> FreeBSD. Sadly that also didn't work. >> >> Output from lsdev: >> >> cd devices: >> cd0: Device 0x0 >> disk devices: >> disk0: Bios drive C: >> > > What does ls / give? And ls -l /boot/kernel/kernel? > > Been a while since I loaded a kernel manually, but I think: > boot -v cd0:/boot/kernel/kernel > should do the trick. > > Does any of that give more hints to what might be the problem? > Well, i've made some progress with your suggestions. First things first, i had already updated the BIOS from version 1.1.0 to 1.1.3, the latest i could find on the Dell website. "ls /" and "ls -l /boot/kernel/kernel" both give me 'bad path'. "boot -v cd0:/boot/kernel/kernel" gives two messages, "can't boot kernel" followed by "no bootable kernel" Using 'ls cd0:/' gives me the cdrom file listing, so that works. I can browse the cdrom directory structure. I've done 'load cd0:/boot/kernel/kernel', which actually loads the kernel. I get the 'text[memadres] data[memaddress] syms[memaddress]' messages, and 'lsmod' shows me a loaded kernel. however, running 'boot -v' doesn't seem to work. It shows me the progressbar "|-/\", make a full circle, but stops right after. Nicky