From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 26 12:29: 4 2002 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 5ED7237B401 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D1D543E72 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:28:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-b165.otenet.gr [212.205.244.173]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7QJSrpD003943 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:28:57 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7QJSrSd032898 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:28:56 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7QIQlRh028530; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:26:48 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:26:47 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Jurgis Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting problem: No /boot/loader Message-ID: <20020826182647.GE756@hades.hell.gr> References: <000f01c24ccd$385de740$252fa8c0@jurgis> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000f01c24ccd$385de740$252fa8c0@jurgis> X-PGP-Fingerprint: C1EB 0653 DB8B A557 3829 00F9 D60F 941A 3186 03B6 X-Phone: +30-944-116520 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2002-08-26 09:53 +0000, Jurgis wrote: > I have and old IBM PS/ValuePoint with 486DX33 16MB RAM and > 1.7GB HDD. > > I installed FreeBSD 4.5 but it displays: > No /boot/loader > when booting and continues to boot kernel. Because of that I cannot > use "top" and my network card does not work. > > As I understand problem is connected with 528MB limit in BIOS. > /boot/boot2 cannot find /boot/loader and therefore /boot/kernel.conf > is not executed (network card is configured there). > > I configured the disk like this: > - 64M > / - the rest of the disk It's probably a good idea to have more than one partitions there. Can you try making partitions like this? Size(MB) Mount-point 200 / 1700-200-64 /usr 64 swap This way you'll have some space in / for /tmp, /var and basic stuff needed to boot, and do basic work and still avoid hitting the 512MB limit. The sizes are not by any means "optimal" for your use of the machine (since I don't know what it's supposed to do), but you get the basic idea. -- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve <> http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Wed Aug 21 22:08:19 EEST 2002 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message