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From: Olivier Gautherot <oliviergautherot@free.fr>
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Subject: Re: Impossible install of 5.4 - fixed
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Hi all!

> On Monday 16 May 2005 10:26 am, Olivier Gautherot wrote:
> > Hi folks!
> >
> > I've tried to install 5.4 but can't boot the disk. I see a FreeBSD
> > prompt (the master boot selector being a Linux version of grub) but
> > it complains about a missing /kernel.

Just a quick update: my problem was a buggy partition table on the disk.
I reformated it all and it now works like a charm - I'm typing this message 
from the newly installed 5.4.

Thanks to Andrew and Kris for their support.
-- 
Olivier Gautherot
Tel:      0688 380 434
(intl) +33 688 380 434
olivier@gautherot.net