Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:06:39 +0300 From: "Jurgis" <jurgis@delfi.lv> To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Booting problem: No /boot/loader Message-ID: <001d01c24d8f$e87b1e00$252fa8c0@jurgis> References: <000f01c24ccd$385de740$252fa8c0@jurgis> <20020826182647.GE756@hades.hell.gr>
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Thank you, it helped! Jurgis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "Jurgis" <jurgis@delfi.lv> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 9:26 PM Subject: Re: Booting problem: No /boot/loader > 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: > > <swap> - 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
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