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Subject: kern/16047: /kernel.DEFAULT won't boot on a newly installed 3.4 BSD system
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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
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 10 16:10:00 PST 2000
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Shawn Wilson
>Release:        3.4
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>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
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