Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:18:53 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: clean install won't boot from hard drive... Message-ID: <1408.829858733@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:58:33 EDT." <Pine.NEB.3.93.960418145631.6921E-100000@freebsd.ki.net>
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"Marc G. Fournier" wrote in message ID <Pine.NEB.3.93.960418145631.6921E-100000@freebsd.ki.net>: > I just installed a third machine onto our network, and after > a nice clean Install, I can't boot up off of the hard drive. I can > boot by using the floppy and then booting from sd(0,a)/kernel though... > ..so I figured i messed up my boot blocks or something. > I've got the machine upgraded to 2.1-stable now, and am wondering > if there is any way of fixing this without a complete re-install? Umm. What happens when you boot of the hard drive? Does it get to the `Boot:' prompt and refuse to find/load the kernel? How big is the root partition? Gary
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