From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 3 21:21:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38CAB16A508 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:21:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2656643D4C for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:21:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i27so1671061wxd for ; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:21:03 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=H3+VJ3Q+6CNRGorWadx+DCFiU1aKF60gF7L/jQ0CvIimJG38wxlCZIIlJfIAUFUaQBkHKv0ZF8xYTUqe2IhHTznBdmtASg6JC7X36U0c93+ydqKaYk8jngRmFObg1S10PxoQnOJQz5+PGaIYrJetoORARaDSw6L/vtCmxjLpmbw= Received: by 10.90.81.14 with SMTP id e14mr1018342agb; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:19:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.98.12 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 14:19:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8a0028260609031419o17e51e67u9d0c2caf23517e8d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 22:19:30 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" To: "Andy Street" In-Reply-To: <47ab2b740609031339n1f4688b7y73209e46a11101e0@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <47ab2b740609022317p6a65e4a3ha80e546278b11888@mail.gmail.com> <47ab2b740609031339n1f4688b7y73209e46a11101e0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't Find Kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:21:11 -0000 On 03/09/06, Andy Street wrote: > > [I'm not sure if this got sent becvause I just got a message saying that > since I wasn't a member, a message entitled "No Subject" was waiting > approval. I think I'm a member now, but if this email went out twice, I > appologize] > > Hi guys, > > I had installed FreeBSD in my schools computer systems lab, so I decided > to > install it at home as a dual boot with Solaris 10, already installed on > half > the HD. I downloaded the images off FreeBSD.org, burned them to CD's, and > then did a post burn md5sum on them to make sure they burned > properly. The > install seemed to go well, other than not being able to read fvwm off the > disc. When I boot, the error I'm getting after I select FreeBSD in the > boot > loader is that it "cant find the 'kernel'". Just before I get the error, > it > says "Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf", so naturally that's the first > place I looked after booting into single user mode with the live CD. > Strangely, I found that not only was there no /boot/defaults/loader.conf, > the /boot/defaults folder didn't even exist. There is, however, a > /dist/boot/defaults/loader.conf. Normally, I'd just edit the boot loader > but 1) I want to make sure something didn't go horribly wrong with the > install (I also noticed that bin and sbin in the / directory had @ signs > after them, i.e. bin@, and I wasn't sure this was normal, though I haven't > dealt with UNIX much), and 2) according to google and the online > documentation, the only way to "edit" the boot loader is to install a new > one. > > So, what should I do? Copy the /dist/boot/defaults/loader.conf to > /boot/defaults/loader.conf? Reinstall using the CD's I burned at school > that I know work? Install a new boot loader and point it at > /dist/boot/defaults/loader.conf? It got sent. I've had this problem too; it appears to be a problem with the installation program. Yes, the fix is to copy the relevant files from the CD. The best way I've found to do that is to boot the install cd and choose the fixit option. Thanks in advance for the help. You're welcome! Jeff