From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Feb 12 10:52:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA19057 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 10:52:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m1-36-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA19051 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 10:52:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id UAA17199; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 20:51:35 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199902121851.UAA17199@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: [Trouble at the "Boot:" prompt] In-Reply-To: <000b01be569d$e5e50bc0$c814ea18@blackthorne> from Micheal Blackthorne at "Feb 12, 99 07:39:37 am" To: blackthorne@utah-inter.net (Micheal Blackthorne) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 20:51:33 +0200 (SAT) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Micheal Blackthorne wrote: > I am very new to FreeBSD and have been trying for some time to get it > working on a spare PC of mine. The problem is that it appears that I > complete the installation of FreeBSD only to reboot and find myself at a > "Boot:" prompt. After waiting for a few seconds at this prompt it > automatically scrolls the screen displaying "Invalid Format!" and then the > same information which appears to be a command options list for the "Boot:" > prompt. I have already contacted freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG and the > individual that responded was not able to resolve the problem. He in turn > suggested I contact freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG. They in turn were mostly > rude and referred me to this list. Sorry you've been having a hard time getting your question answered. This really is the sort of thing that *should* have been dealt with on the -questions list (but that's hardly your fault). Try typing /boot/loader at the "Boot:" prompt. If that doesn't get you going, e-mail me off-line and we can probably get you up and running reasonably quickly. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message