From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 25 12:26: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DFA37B424 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:25:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from worldnet.att.net ([12.79.2.233]) by mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.39 201-229-119-122) with ESMTP id <20000925192550.ZWWF3176.mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net@worldnet.att.net> for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:25:50 +0000 Message-ID: <39CFA67A.CB8EF436@worldnet.att.net> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:24:42 -0400 From: "R.Mason" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Boot Problems on Installation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When installing 'FreeBSD 4.0 according to chapter 5 of the Complete FreeBSD , on rebooting my screen reads as follows: F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 No /boot/loader >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: No /kernel >>FreeBSD/i386 Boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot:_ I've repeatedly checked that the disk geometry and translation mode is correct in the bios and that the correct geometry is reflected in the Fdisk utility and that the BSD slice is set bootable. Yet at reboot the same screen always appears. I'm attempting to install on a P60 with 24mb RAM and a 420mb IDE h/d. I beleive the the BSD kernel version is 3.1. Any assistance that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. R.Mason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message