From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 21 22:35:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA21332 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 22:35:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA21325 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 22:35:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA05039; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 22:35:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 22:35:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Utech cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Problems -- Please Help! In-Reply-To: <3268FAF0.6920@icanect.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Utech wrote: > I downloaded and wrote the image to a blank, formatted floppy disk, like > the installation instructions siad to. Then, i rebooted my computer, > and all it says over and over again is : Cannot find /kernel > I need to install FreeBSD on my system, and I can't get past this > message! If you can respond sometime today, it would be greatly > appreciated. Thank you. Try overriding the boot block auto-detection by typing: fd(0,a)/kernel at the Boot: prompt. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major