From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 16 16: 6:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtppop3.gte.net (smtppop3pub.gte.net [206.46.170.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB9F837C1AB for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:06:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from res03db2@gte.net) Received: from evrtwa1-ar4-146-005.dsl.gtei.net (evrtwa1-ar4-146-005.dsl.gtei.net [4.34.146.5]) by smtppop3.gte.net with ESMTP ; id SAA2540884 Fri, 16 Jun 2000 18:05:47 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:06:32 -0700 (PDT) From: The Clark Family X-Sender: res03db2@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net To: "Wosek, Aaron" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.4 boot problem In-Reply-To: <60AB304AAE36D411821500D0B7441D6861719E@bozeman.pwrh.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The only thing that comes to mind, is check the bios to see if swap floppy drives is enabled. [RC] On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Wosek, Aaron wrote: > I'm installing 3.4 and I'm encountering boot disk problems. The error I'm > getting says: > > >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:fd(O,a)/kernel > boot: > disk error 0x2 (lba=0x10) > No /kernel > > I'm attempting to install 3.4 onto an empty hard disk, that has had no other > operating system installed. > > Can someone tell me if they have seen this before and how to remedy it. > > A couple things to note: The PC will boot with the 2.2.8 boot disk, and > previous to a hardware change the 3.4 boot disks worked. I have tried 2 > different sets of 3.4 boot disks that both worked before the hardware > change. The hardware change was the swapping of an industrial PC backplane > ---something I would not think could effect or be limited by FBSD. Also I am > not using the corrupt 3.4 CD boot files, but boot disks from the website. > > Thanks > > > Aaron Wosek > QA/PS Systems Support > Anchor Gaming > 2311 S. 7th Avenue > Bozeman MT. 59715 > 406.585.6655 extension 5126 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message