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From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
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To: Pbpkayak <pbpkayak@mediaone.net>
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Subject: Re: 11 year old needs FreeBSD mentor..(was "HELP")
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Pbpkayak wrote:
> 
> To whom it may concern:
> 
> I am writing on behalf of my 11 year old nephew who installed the
> FreeBSD on his IBM computer this week. Apparently, it crashed his
> computer and he no longer has a C drive. Please help me assist him in
> resolving this problem. He is enrolled in Scottsdale Community College
> and is quite a whiz kid with the computer. Unfortunately, due to time
> contraints and the pressure of his advanced schooling, he is unable to
> find a solution to this problem on his own.
> 
> He has advised me that when  he hits the enter key, he gets a response
> which says "can't find front flash kernel" 

this would be "SLASH kernel"
e.g. /kernel

the boot blocks were unable to find the kernel..
this may be a symptom of a mis-partitionned disk, or many other
things..

where do you live,? (or him for that matter)


It may be quickest to thing for someone nearby to talk him
through it on the phone....



> this is with and without the
> boot disk. Also, this message comes up at the boot prompt : Freebsd boot
> @0X10000:639/31744K

this tells us only how much memory he has.. (32MB)
someone needs to be able to have a direct discussion with him.

> 
> Please advise if you are familiar with these responses. Thanking you in
> advance for your assistance.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Carolyn