Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:24:58 -0500 From: "schmitt" <schmitt@michiana.net> To: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: startup problem Message-ID: <20000127012920.479C9153DD@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hello, My hardware: IBM Aptiva intel mmx 200 MHz 32 mb ram 3 gig ide hard drive 1st gig - Windows95 2nd and 3rd gig - FreeBSD I did a dual operating system installation using FreeBSD PowerPak FreeBSD 3.2 Disk 1 (installation disk): I completed installation as the manual instructed. Everything seemed to go ok. But when i boot the following happens... I power on and then choose F2 FreeBSD... BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Console:internal video/keyboard BIOS drive A: is disk0 BIOS drive B: is disk1 BIOS drive C: is disk2 FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.7 639/31744kB (jkh@cathair, Tues May 18 03:22:02 GMT 1999 Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf Unable to load kernel: Aborted! \ Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [kernel]... can't load 'kernel' Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. disk1s2a:> ( just in case it helps, here is a lsdev from this prompt:) disk1s2a:>lsdev disk @ 0x14818 disk0: BIOS drive A: disk1: BIOS driveC: disk1s2a: FFS 40MB (2048256 - 2130176) disk1s2b: swap 69MB (2130176 - 2271904) disk1s2e: FFS 20MB (2271904 - 2312864) disk1s2f: FFS 1969MB (2312864 - 6346368) disk2: BIOS drive D: I hope this will help ! I typed it from a PrintScreen :o Chris Schmitt ---------- > From: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx> > To: schmitt <schmitt@michiana.net>; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: startup problem > Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 5:42 PM > > Hi, > > You will have to provide more information, linke what kind of hardware you > have, how you did the installation, and whats the exact error message that > you are receiving. > > Greetings > Ales > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: schmitt <schmitt@michiana.net> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 3:38 PM > Subject: startup problem > > > > During startup I get a message: > > > > can't find 'kernel' > > > > and then a boot prompt. > > What happened to the kernel I setup with the > > visual kernel configuration during installation. > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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