Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:47:49 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: "Don O'Neil" <don@whtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't get 3.3 to install & Boot Message-ID: <37E9CD15.BDADBF13@3-cities.com> References: <MOBBIPGJKBNNPGLGMFHFEELKDFAA.don@whtech.com>
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Don O'Neil wrote: > > Ok... now I've really done it... I deleted the slices, and selected NO boot > manager (just boot right into BSD) but now it just hangs when trying to > boot.... is there some bug in the 3.2/3.3 installations/boot code that is > exposed with the system I've got? It boots from the CD and Floppy OK, just > not from these hard drives! It sounds like you tried to use the whole HD. Remember the root partition has to come before cylinder 1023. Kent > > Please help.... > > I have a brand new system consisting of the following: > > Abit BP6 dual celeron MB & 2 celerons > 128 MB RAM > 2 IBM 18 GBB HDD's. > > When I follow all the standard options for installing, marking the first > disk bootable, etc.. the thing just tells me it can't find a kernel when > rebooting. I can't get it to boot at all. NO boot manager options EVER come > up unless i DELETE a slice. I've tried this thing dozens of times with > various tweaks but I'm getting nowhere... > > HELP!!! > > Thanks! > Don > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ Home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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