From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 6 22:33:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1BD5106566C for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:33:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vogelke@hcst.com) Received: from beta.hcst.com (beta.hcst.com [192.52.183.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 597D68FC15 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:33:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vogelke@hcst.com) Received: from beta.hcst.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beta.hcst.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n66MXN5w012779 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 18:33:23 -0400 Received: (from vogelke@localhost) by beta.hcst.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n66MXNYJ012778; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 18:33:23 -0400 Received: by kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil (Postfix, from userid 32768) id 0A4BFBEFD; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 18:31:34 -0400 (EDT) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <4A51BA54.3050303@infracaninophile.co.uk> (message from Matthew Seaman on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:48:20 +0100) Organization: Oasis Systems Inc. X-Disclaimer: I don't speak for the USAF or Oasis. X-GPG-ID: 1024D/711752A0 2006-06-27 Karl Vogel X-GPG-Fingerprint: 56EB 6DBF 4224 C953 F417 CC99 4C7C 7D46 7117 52A0 Message-Id: <20090706223134.0A4BFBEFD@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 18:31:34 -0400 (EDT) From: vogelke+unix@pobox.com (Karl Vogel) Subject: Re: good morning to all X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:33:25 -0000 >> Earlier, malathi selvaraj wrote: M> after that i reinstall freebsd. and it will working, but now system is M> not boot, it show error unable to load a kernel .. >> On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:48:20 +0100, >> Matthew Seaman said: M> So after the first problem, you reinstalled the system, which worked for M> a while, but now will not boot because it can't load a kernel image? This sounds a little like something that happened to me when I built a 7.1 GENERIC kernel. When I did an installworld, I got this: > Can't work out which disk we are booting from. Guessed BIOS device > 0xffffffff not found by probes defaulting to disk0: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=2355 described the problem. It turned out to be a broken boot/loader; the CD had a version that was built before an untested change went into the source. I tried a bootonly CD image, but it came back with "Missing operating system". Fortunately I was able to boot from a backup root partition, copy loader.old to loader, and reboot normally. -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company Must destroy mankind! (His watch alarm goes off) Ooh, lunchtime! --Homer Simpson, "Homer Goes To College"