From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 25 11:24:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA10026 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:24:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA10021 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:24:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA05377; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:19:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:19:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: sweeting@tm.net.my cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help pls : "Can't find Kernel image." ? (also : freebsd and Compaq Aero 4/33 ?) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 sweeting@tm.net.my wrote: > I am having problems installing FreeBSD 2.1.6 on a 486/sx33 compaq aero. > Since it uses external PCMCIA floppy drive, i have created a DOS partition > and have the entire /freebsd/bin installation directory there. > Everything seems to go ok with the Novice installation until i get the > following error : > > "can't find kernel image to link to on the root file system. you're going to > have a hard time getting the sustemt to boot from the HD, i'm afraid" Somehow all of bin didn't make it. Try reinstalling, and make sure you get all the bin files. also make sure you use binary mode and that they area ll the same size except the last one. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major