Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:06:19 -0800 (PST) From: swilson@tfn.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/16047: /kernel.DEFAULT won't boot on a newly installed 3.4 BSD system Message-ID: <20000111000619.9C73E14D80@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 16047 >Category: kern >Synopsis: /kernel.DEFAULT won't boot on a newly installed 3.4 BSD system >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 10 16:10:00 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Shawn Wilson >Release: 3.4 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: i installed my FreeBSD 3.4 system after about 3 attempts (most of the problem of the first attempts was that i was filling up the / drive). so, when i finally get it installed, i reset my computer, and the boot process starts, and identifies the drives as A, B, C, D, E and than says a couple of more things (i don't remember exactly what). and then, it says something like Default: 0:wd(1,e)/kernel (which i take to mean the first device, partition 1, slice e). so i put, 2:wd(1,e)/kernel (i have 3 wd drives, and one cdrom on the first device as slave). and it still says something like can't find kernel. i booted with the fixit boot disk and mounted the drive (/dev/wd2s1e) and made sure that kernel was there (both /kernel and kernel.DEFAULT are there, and they are the same - verified by diff). if it is any relevance, i specified bsd to use my whole disk (the option that doesn't allow for any other operating systems - not exactly sure what it is called). any help would be appreciated. thanks >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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