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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 05:28:59 +0800
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Subject: Ooops - what have i done ? (was  Re: Help "Can't find Kernel image." ? )
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Thank you very much for this incredibly swift response .

>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.

I checked with my NT box where i have the 2.1.6 distribution and
it seems that i do have  all of the distribution ( 72 files, same total size)
on the compaq aero. I know that this files work since i used the exact same
2.1.6 files to install on another PC here.....

yet i still got the "cannot find distribution" followed by
 "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"
errors.

So,  last desperate resort : i went into "expert mode" and not sure what i
did but the entire bin distribution has been unpacked to /
and now it is unpacking /manpages ......

... lord knows where i will go from here.

Thanks for your help anyway.

Chas.

>
>> 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"
>
>
>Doug White                              | University of Oregon
>Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
>http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major