From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 18 10:43:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA13856 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:43:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sarah.viaccess.net (root@sarah.viaccess.net [207.227.222.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA13849 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:43:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from iansmith@viaccess.net) Received: from iansmith (49.p1.Tnt01.STT.VIaccess.Net [207.227.84.49]) by sarah.viaccess.net (8.8.8/ACK-1.1f) with SMTP id NAA18931 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:42:56 -0400 (AST) Message-ID: <000701bd9afa$3ae48c00$3154e3cf@iansmith> From: "Ian Smith" To: Subject: Boot Freebsd Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:46:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9ABF.88344580" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9ABF.88344580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i have problem installing freebsd from day one am instaling it from a = DOS partition to avoid any problem with the installation i downloaded = all the dir in the freebsd folder on the sever am at the installation = menu all goes well on till it starts to install the files the frist = error i get is can't excract version realease from bin on drive so the = installation goes on and at the end i get a next error "can't find a = Kernel image to link to you will have a hard time booting from hard = drive" and when i try to boot freebsd it can't find the kernel why did = it not install the kernel. what directory do i have to put the kernel = image in for the install program to find it? How do i access my /usr = directory from a fixit menu or boot prompt? please reply as soom as possable. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9ABF.88344580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

i have problem installing freebsd = from day one=20 am instaling it from a DOS partition to avoid any problem with the = installation=20 i downloaded all the dir in the freebsd folder on the sever am at the=20 installation menu all goes well on till it starts to install the files = the frist=20 error i get is can't excract version realease from bin on drive so the=20 installation goes on and at the end i get a next error "can't find = a Kernel=20 image to link to you will have a hard time booting from hard drive" = and=20 when i try to boot freebsd it can't find the kernel why did it not = install the=20 kernel. what directory do i have to put the kernel image in for the = install=20 program to find it? How do i access my /usr directory from a fixit menu = or boot=20 prompt?

please reply as soom as=20 possable.

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