From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 13 07:49:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2935916A41F for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:49:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE0AD43D45 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:49:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 948EA1A3C1A; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:49:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A1CC651248; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:49:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:49:31 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Sergey Khenkin Message-ID: <20051013074931.GA71355@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <515220.20051013085019@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <515220.20051013085019@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1-STABLE boot problem 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, 13 Oct 2005 07:49:33 -0000 --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:50:19AM +0300, Sergey Khenkin wrote: > Hi All, >=20 > I ran into a problem installing FreeBSD 5.2.1-STABLE on an old PC > (Am5x86, 133MHz, 40M RAM, 700M HDD). > After I finish the install and reboot the PC under FreeBSD it fails to > load the kernel. Here's what is on the screen (manually copied): >=20 > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x45d64c - > elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed > /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x45d64c - > elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed > /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x45d64c - > elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed > Unable to find a kernel! > | > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] ... > /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x45d64c - > elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed > can't load 'kernel' >=20 > I successfully installed the same system on several other modern PCs. > Can anyone assist me in solving this problem and making FreeBSD boot > up? Step 1: Try a modern release of FreeBSD like 5.4. 5.2.1 was an early adopter's release not intended for production use. Kris --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDThGKWry0BWjoQKURAkFWAJ9TO7j8G2F0O/Le3IIkssJFUGlimgCgxp2I ar8JwxJYSOSKn1KeT5nxafs= =gGcS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT--