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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 08:55:44 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
Cc: Pbpkayak <pbpkayak@mediaone.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: 11 year old needs FreeBSD mentor..(was "HELP")
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On Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 09:44:27AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote:
> Pbpkayak wrote:
>>
>> To whom it may concern:
>>
>> I am writing on behalf of my 11 year old nephew who installed the
>> FreeBSD on his IBM computer this week. Apparently, it crashed his
>> computer and he no longer has a C drive. Please help me assist him in
>> resolving this problem. He is enrolled in Scottsdale Community College
>> and is quite a whiz kid with the computer. Unfortunately, due to time
>> contraints and the pressure of his advanced schooling, he is unable to
>> find a solution to this problem on his own.
>>
>> He has advised me that when  he hits the enter key, he gets a response
>> which says "can't find front flash kernel"
>
> this would be "SLASH kernel"
> e.g. /kernel

Thanks.  I was wondering how to parse that. :-)

> the boot blocks were unable to find the kernel..
> this may be a symptom of a mis-partitionned disk, or many other
> things..
>
> where do you live,? (or him for that matter)
>
> It may be quickest to thing for someone nearby to talk him
> through it on the phone....
>
>> this is with and without the
>> boot disk. Also, this message comes up at the boot prompt : Freebsd boot
>> @0X10000:639/31744K
>
> this tells us only how much memory he has.. (32MB)
> someone needs to be able to have a direct discussion with him.

This also tells him that he has a /kernel, since that's the program
that produces this message.

>> Please advise if you are familiar with these responses. Thanking you in
>> advance for your assistance.

Your best bet is to do as Julian suggests and tell us where you live.
>From all appearances, it's in Norcross, GA.

Greg