Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 10:15:19 -0600 From: "David Martinsen" <davem@inconnect.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: boot.config and boot.help Message-ID: <000901bd649b$dd8dad00$08438cd1@dave>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BD6469.90D27FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I ran the installation from a dos partition on a 2nd HDD which I later = removed from the system.=20 The installation copied all of the files and I did not see any error = messages, however, after exiting the setup and rebooting I get the error = message 'can't find file boot.config' and 'can't find file boot.help', = and after that I get the 'boot:' prompt and the only message that I can = get with that is 'can't find kernel'.=20 The current boot default is 0:wd(0,a)kernel and i have tried every = combination that i know of thinking that the kernel maybe on a different = partition. What should/can I do?? Dave Martinsen davem@inconnect.com ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BD6469.90D27FE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I ran the installation from a dos partition on a 2nd = HDD which=20 I later removed from the system. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>The installation copied all of the files and I did = not see any=20 error messages, however, after exiting the setup and rebooting I get the = error=20 message <STRONG>'can't find file boot.config' </STRONG>and = <STRONG>'can't find=20 file boot.help'</STRONG>, and after that I get the 'boot:' prompt and = the only=20 message that I can get with that is <STRONG>'can't find = kernel'</STRONG>.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>The current boot default is 0:wd(0,a)kernel and i = have tried=20 every combination that i know of thinking that the kernel maybe on a = different=20 partition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>What should/can I do??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dave Martinsen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>davem@inconnect.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BD6469.90D27FE0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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