Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:05:46 -0700 From: Rene Brehmer <listbunny@metalbunny.net> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error "Can't load kernel" on install boot-up Message-ID: <7.0.0.10.0.20051209170125.04292da8@metalbunny.net> In-Reply-To: <200512091125.19988.kstewart@owt.com> References: <7.0.0.10.0.20051209114401.04251028@metalbunny.net> <200512091125.19988.kstewart@owt.com>
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Hi Kent At 12:25 09/12/2005, Kent Stewart wrote: [snip] > > When booting from the CD, the bootloader loads up, then has that > > twirling line character, and then it stops with "can't load kernel", > > and a prompt that simply says "OK". > > I've tried a few times both with the CD1 image and the Install image, > > but both dies at the same place. > > There's a whole bunch of .ko files in the /kernel folder, so I assume > > the kernel is actually there. It may be a hardware issue, only I > > dunno what as I found 99% of all my hardware on the currently > > supported list. > > > > Machine is Asus A7N8X mobo rev. 2.0, latest BIOS, Athlon XP 2600+, 1 > > GB dual-channel DDR400 HyperX RAM, 160 GB WD Caviar SE 8 MB ATA/100 > > hdd, 40 GB IBM Deskstar 60GXP ATA/100 hdd, Iwill/Advansys > > Ultra-SCSI-2 controller + Plextor UltraPlex 40tsi & Plextor > > PlexWriter 12/10/32tsi CD drives, Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro 256 MB > > AGPx8 graphics on DVI to Viewsonic VX715, SoundBlaster Audigy2 sound, > > 550 W Antec TruePower PSU. [snip] >I always use Nero 6 on XP to burn my CDs. They always burn at 42x. They >always work. So, Nero isn't a problem. > >What were you trying to install? It sounds like you downloaded something >other than an I-386 iso and it wouldn't run in that mode. They're supposed to be i386 iso's: 6.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso 6.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso 6.0-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso I tried both the bootonly and the disc1 images to boot from, both fail at the same spot. I haven't got a clue how to check the MD5 of them, so I dunno if they're corrupted... but the filesize matches, so I assumed they were ok. I don't have any problem booting from other CDs btw (only have Windows CDs to try with though) ... just these ones... Rene -- Rene Brehmer aka Metalbunny We have nothing to fear from free speech and free information on the Internet but pop-up advertising! http://metalbunny.net/ References, tools, and other useful stuff... Check out the new Metalbunny forums at http://forums.metalbunny.net/
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