From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 20 22:38:37 2004 Return-Path: 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 DE6A216A4CE for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:38:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web53901.mail.yahoo.com (web53901.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.36.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5848643D1F for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:38:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from snailboy1@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 53538 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Dec 2004 22:38:36 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=RAUrrF/rSR7EpyzvyT65Oq9JyYCQRHweGyz5Z0fZxLov2lS5ONUipIX1x2eThWJHkRwEObUP0UKXRir/wSKCiejK4aMJLu/3aZKiLcP24Uo5jsF1gGr3eXI3mIwU/fTGG5bcryh1mhmXtCl3HYD0LIZstBgdBtOKBtEO3LmkIso= ; Message-ID: <20041220223836.53536.qmail@web53901.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [172.172.212.86] by web53901.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:38:36 PST Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:38:36 -0800 (PST) From: David LeCount To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Problems booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:38:38 -0000 Ahoy. I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a 486 to use as a router. The BIOS has a 2 gig limitation for hard drive, which is apparent because it automatically detects my 13 gig drive as a 2 gig. So after installing the base system and rebooting, it says it cannot find the kernel. I know what you're probably thinking, but it's not the issue. The computer is FreeBSD only, so the partition covers the whole drive. Then the slice for / is on the first gig of the drive. Then I have a small swap, /var, and the rest is /usr. My kernel must be within the 2 gig limitation of the BIOS. The default it's searching for is 0:ad(0,a)/kernel which seems correct to me. (I wish the boot loader would use the same scheme that's in /dev.) The machine has only one hard drive which is the primary master. I haven't changed that nor the partition table since installation. I cannot figure out why it can't find my kernel. Any help is appreciated. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send a seasonal email greeting and help others. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com