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Date:      Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:05:57 -0700
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        "R.Mason" <rmcelt@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Boot Problems on Installation
Message-ID:  <20000925230557.M59015@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <39CFA67A.CB8EF436@worldnet.att.net>; from rmcelt@worldnet.att.net on Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 03:24:42PM -0400
References:  <39CFA67A.CB8EF436@worldnet.att.net>

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On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 03:24:42PM -0400, R.Mason wrote:
> 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.

For FreeBSD 3.1? Wrong HDD device. ad(4) is for FreeBSD 4.0 and
later. You want,

  Default: 0:wd(0,a)/kernel

-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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