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Date:      Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:18:32 -0500 (EST)
From:      c0ldbyte <c0ldbyte@myrealbox.com>
To:        "Webmaster Shizukana.net" <webmaster@shizukana.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /boot/loader Invalid Format
Message-ID:  <20050309081654.J86616@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net>
In-Reply-To: <3864.84.26.82.135.1110301603.squirrel@84.26.82.135>
References:  <3864.84.26.82.135.1110301603.squirrel@84.26.82.135>

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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Webmaster Shizukana.net wrote:

> Can somebody help me?
>
> I've got a problem with my bootloader and i dont know how to fix it.
> If I boot my pc, it stops loading, it says:
>
> Invalid Format.
>
> FreeBSD/i386-Release 5.3
> default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel
> boot:
>
> and it is in the /boot/loader
> how can i fix this?
> is there a disk to boot to prompt, so i can mount the / of my freebsd
> system and update the /boot/loader file with the one of someone else?
>
> and ifso, how can i do this with the mount commands?
>
> thanks!
> Nexohrion

Yes, more then likely you compiled things or have used the iso image
for the wrong architecture. It will help us more for you to specify
what image you used to make the CD and or if you have installed it
and recompiled your kernel/world etc... etc... etc...

Thanks, c0ldbyte.
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