Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:06:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: John Zollo <jzollo@idt.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting freeze while loading kernel Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809132305340.1111-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.980913140444.23090A-100000@u2.farm.idt.net>
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On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, John Zollo wrote: > > I sucessfully installed FreeBSD 2.2.7 off a dos partition using a > boot floppy -- so I know the kernel on the boot floppy works fine. After > rebooting, the boot manager displays the "boot:" prompt, and I hit enter. > The kernel starts to load, and the first slash starts to twirl. After > twirling for a few seconds it freezes -- and that's it. It stops at the > first spinning slash. I tried the debug and verbose options at the boot: > prompt, but it never gets to the point where they would be useful. What > should I do? What brand/model/proccessor do you have? Have you tried wiping clean and reinstalling? It could be a disk error. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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