From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 19 01:23:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 CD91216A436 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 01:23:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 303CE43D6B for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 01:23:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 5743 invoked from network); 19 May 2006 11:23:58 +1000 Received: from andromeda.lef.com.au (HELO localhost) (210.8.93.2) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 19 May 2006 11:23:58 +1000 Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:23:51 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Steve Bertrand" Message-ID: <20060519112351.754e0a9e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060517130323.1B56643D72@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20060517130323.1B56643D72@mx1.FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.2.0 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mattr@eagle.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1 'No kernel found' after install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:24:00 -0000 On Wed, 17 May 2006 09:03:35 -0400 "Steve Bertrand" 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