From owner-freebsd-small Mon May 3 11: 9: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from hecke.math.rochester.edu (hecke.math.rochester.edu [128.151.122.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1910B14CA7 for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 11:08:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hfir@math.rochester.edu) Received: from hecke.math.rochester.edu (hecke.math.rochester.edu [128.151.122.27]) by hecke.math.rochester.edu (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA28067 for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 14:05:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from hfir@math.rochester.edu) Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 14:05:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Hoss Firooznia To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: PicoBSD boot error: can't load kernel Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi folks, I've happily been experimenting with PicoBSD for several months now, modifying the 'net' configuration, making custom configurations, etc., all without problems. Recently, however, I'm encountering odd boot errors that I can't seem to track down. I CVSup'ed the latest 3.1-STABLE sources and ran the 'build' script as per the instructions; everything compiles and crunches correctly, picobsd.bin is written to floppy... but when I then try to boot the floppy I consistently get the following error: Loading kernel. Please wait... /kernel text=0xc379c elf_loadexec: archsw.readin failed can't load 'kernel' Error booting This happens with both a modified 'net' configuration as well as with the stock 'router' configuration. The boot blocks and boot loader seem to work as usual (I get the usual loader messages, the BootFORTH menu, etc.) but the boot loader apparently can't read in the kernel properly. I've tried multiple machines and multiple disks, but the problem remains - so presumably this isn't simply a hardware read error. Does the problem sound familiar to anyone? Am I (most likely) missing something obvious? Thanks! - Hoss -- Hoss Firooznia, UNIX SA, Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester PGP public key: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message