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From: Ian Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: problems after installing
To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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--- Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> wrote:
> Ana Romero wrote:
> 
> > Probably, you have seen this question but it can
> be answered and everybody
> > tells me to ask here.
> > 
> > Hello!
> > 
> > After installing FreeBSD 4.0., I try to boot from
> > the hard disk, but the boot manager prompt prints:
> > Loading FreeBSD
> > L?
> > 
> > at the boot menu. What can I do?
> > 
> > I have Lilo boot manager installed. After printing
> "Loading FreeBSD L?",
> > the system is dead, I mean, keyboard doesn´t work
> and the system is not
> > loaded.
> > I have thought that it can be the geometry of the
> hard disk, but I have
> > changed putting the same as in BIOS and also no
> works.
> 
> Although it should be possible to have Lilo boot
> FreeBSD, most people 
> running FreeBSD prefer either BootEasy ot OS-BS.
> Both are available at 
> your local FreeBSD mirror in the tools directory.
> 
> Since I use both of them, I cannot tell you have to
> tweak Lilo (short 
> for Linux Loader ;) ) into behaving with FBSD.
> 
> HTH
> -Christoph Sold
> 
> Send me a copy of your lilo.conf file in /etc
directory.  Use LBA for the geometry in the BIOS.  If
you placed the root partition for BSD past the 1024
cylinder limit then you will get this error also.
> Hope this helps, Ian
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