Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:23:51 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: mattr@eagle.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1 'No kernel found' after install Message-ID: <20060519112351.754e0a9e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060517130323.1B56643D72@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20060517130323.1B56643D72@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, 17 May 2006 09:03:35 -0400 "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I downloaded FreeBSD 6.1 yesterday, ensured the checksum was correct, > and promptly expanded the ISO onto a CD. > > After seemingly successfully installing it onto a box (I have several > other of these exact machines running 5 and 6.0), after reboot, it > claims it can't find the kernel. I've ls'd pretty much all of the > directories on the hard disk, and sure enough, it doesn't appear the > kernel was installed. (I performed the install 4 times to be sure). > interesting- on one machine I did a clean 6.1 install and I also got no kernel. I reloaded the install, went to fixit , mounted ad0s1a and the copied -R /mnt2/boot/kernel (or whatever was the path to the install media) into the drive. rebooted, all working fine now. weird. Beto
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