From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 21:37:58 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 576D916A4CE for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 21:37:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E99F743D70 for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 21:37:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 63EEF5156E; Thu, 19 May 2005 14:37:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 14:37:56 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: olivier@gautherot.net Message-ID: <20050519213756.GB14222@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200505161726.43437.oliviergautherot@free.fr> <200505161052.50084.algould@datawok.com> <200505192326.00860.oliviergautherot@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505192326.00860.oliviergautherot@free.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Impossible install of 5.4 - fixed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 21:37:58 -0000 --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 11:25:59PM +0200, Olivier Gautherot wrote: > Hi all! >=20 > > 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. >=20 > 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 messa= ge=20 > from the newly installed 5.4. >=20 > Thanks to Andrew and Kris for their support. Glad to hear it! Kris --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCjQc0Wry0BWjoQKURAlnnAJ96aUBHv4TJyMh6VEWOqXAcD2N/YQCgtktN EKr85BYmQYrrmZn0Wwgh118= =9elg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R--