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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, patrick mcandrew wrote:

> I installed freebsd from cdrom, everything works fine. Then i reboot, and i get    
> the freeBSD boot prompt, hit enter to boot the kernel and it says invalid
> format and returns me to the boot prompt.
> 
> anyone know howto fix this??

Try giving the location explicitly at the Boot: prompt.

If you installed to your second IDE disk, type

wd(1,a)/kernel

Let me know where it is and I'll give you the proper line.

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