From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 17 13:15:18 2002 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 A4E3F37B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:15:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 326AD43E65 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:15:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 12935 invoked from network); 17 Oct 2002 20:15:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 17 Oct 2002 20:15:02 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8A74B2FDAB2; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 22:15:01 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 22:15:01 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: mprime Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie help, bad kernel? Message-ID: <20021017201501.GP364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: mprime , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # rx7@eclipsegraphics.com / 2002-10-15 17:18:51 -0400: > Help I was installing from a cd and the system locked up I rebooted > and the screen says: > > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default:0:ad(0.a)/kernel > boot: > > OR every other time it says something to the effect of "cant load > kernel" and "cant load kernel.old" > type help for a list of commands. > > I told the BIOS to look at the CD drive first hoping it would boot > from the CD but that doesnt work. ISTR having this same problem with one computer: it would prefer the hard disk for booting no matter what the bios settings were. i *think* i "solved" the problem by putting the disk into another pc, and wiping it from there. -- If you cc me or take the list(s) out completely I'll most likely ignore your message. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message