Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:23:51 -0800 (PST) From: Ian Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: problems after installing Message-ID: <20001201212351.9767.qmail@web4304.mail.yahoo.com>
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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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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