Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 14:59:47 +0100 From: Felipe Garcia <felipe@se.yahoo-inc.com> To: "Chris D. Faehl" <cfaehl@cs.unm.edu> Cc: Tom Ishikawa <tishi@ziplink.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem w/ 3.1-STABLE/RELEASE Message-ID: <36D6A8D3.77FB3385@se.yahoo-inc.com> References: <E10G0hH-0007YN-00@sloth.cs.unm.edu>
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Chris D. Faehl wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I recently installed 3.1-STABLE and have a problem. > > My PC does not boot any more. It's said 'invalid format' and repeats > > 'boot.help' file. I tried 3.1-RELEASE, 3.0-19990209-STABLE, > > and 4.0-19990223-SNAP and those gives me the same error. > > > > my system is P-II 450, GA-6BXC motherboard. > > > > any hints or suggestions? > > disklabel -B da0 > ^^^ tried this but I still get invaild format. tried building /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot and oing disklabel -B -b boot1 -s boot2 da0 in /usr/mdec, this puts the old loader in.... /felipe > or whatever your root disk is. The boot loader you've got on your > disk right now can't deal with ELF kernels. > > > > > BTW, it works w/ 2.2.8-RELEASE. > > > > thanx > > -tishi > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chris Faehl | Email: cfaehl@cs.unm.edu > The University of New Mexico | URL: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~cfaehl > Computer Science Dept., Rm. FEC 313 | Phone: 505/277-3016 > Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA | FAX: 505/277-6927 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Felipe Garcia felipe@se.yahoo-inc.com +46 8 412 69 84 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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