Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:31:31 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Andrew Podesta <Andrew_Podesta@cygn.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot Message-ID: <395CA133.57D97CD9@i-clue.de> References: <msg423794.thr-52b517.f5d82@cygn.com>
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Andrew Podesta wrote: > > Hi, > > I installed version 4 from CDROM, and at the end of the install i got > an error message that there were some errors installing, and to either > answer "no" at the next prompt (which was not an option), or reboot and > use the fixit utility to troubleshoot these problems... > > THe result is, after I power up my system I get a prompt that looks > like this... > > >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default:0:ad(0,a)? > boot: You system cannot locate an executable kernel automatically. > Can you offer me any help? Since you have not yet a running system, there is no need to preserve any existing data. Just delete your first try, and start the installation from the start. Most possible causes FreeBSD shows errors during installation: 1) A partition was too small to hold all the files that should be installed into 2) You have installed / (root) outside of the first gigabyte of the first hard disk 3) Hardware problems with ancient hardware. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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