From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 17 13:24: 9 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 3EF7537B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:24:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from plesk.rackshack.net (resellerdiscountarea.net [64.246.32.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 86E8343E65 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:24:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rx7@eclipsegraphics.com) Received: (qmail 23691 invoked from network); 17 Oct 2002 20:20:25 -0000 Received: from cmh-dsl187-cust207.mpowercom.net (HELO ?192.168.101.113?) (208.57.187.207) by 4u.ab4net.net with SMTP; 17 Oct 2002 20:20:25 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: rx7@mail.eclipsegraphics.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20021017201501.GP364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <20021017201501.GP364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:23:31 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: mprime Subject: Re: newbie help, bad kernel? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" 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 > > >> 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. Thanks, I was hoping to save that as a last resort. -- Things I learned from Star Wars Do not use targeting computers to blow up a Death Star. Trust the voices in your head. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message