From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 15 05:38:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA08462 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 05:38:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA08440 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 05:38:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA19698; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:26:01 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199706151226.NAA19698@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Gerard Giamberdine cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't find kernel after partition changes In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 14 Jun 1997 10:58:27 MDT." <199706141658.KAA27659@flatland.dimensional.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:26:01 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hello.... > > When I installed freebsd I created a 70M dos partition from which to > install. I've just tried to change it over to freebsd, hoping that I > could mount it as /usr2 or something (is it possible to 'tack' it on to my > existing /usr?). I used sysinstall/configure to delete the dos partition, > create a freebsd partition, and label it (the dos/now freebsd partition > is wd0s1 and the old freebsd is wd0s2). Now at the boot prompt it says > it can't find the kernel. I can access all the original freebsd file > systems using the fixit disk so I know I didn't wipe them out. Does anyone > know what I need to do to get the booter to see the kernel (reconfigure > /dev, rebuild kernel, ...?). Copy your first partition entry to slot 3 and mark slot 1 as unused. FreeBSD boots from the 'a' virtual partition in the *first* FreeBSD slice. > Thanks for your help, > Gerard Giamberdine. -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....