Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:21:35 -0400 From: Gerald S Stoller <gs_stoller@juno.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Can't boot 5.x Message-ID: <20050728.193604.-249627.3.GS_Stoller@juno.com>
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I tried to boot FreeBSD versions 5.0 , 5.3 , and 5.4 ; all were
unsuccessful. I was told that something basic in the boot stuff was
changed and my micro-processor (or BIOS , or whatever) may be
out-of-date vis-a-vis the new boot process. My system's uname -a is
FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sat Apr 21 10:54:49 GMT 2001
jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386
The booting messages were:something like (this is an old copy):
Building the boot loader arguments
Relocating the loader and the BTX
Verifying DMI Pool Data
Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM:
CD Loader 1.2
Is there any way to get the new system (into a fresh slice) with a boot
loader that works with my system? If not, what upgrades do I need and do
you know how to go about getting them?
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