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Date:      Sun, 10 May 1998 12:06:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Kurt Jones <kurt@woftam.com.au>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Won't boot after install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980510120558.4464K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980510093017.00b73a30@woftam.com.au>

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On Sun, 10 May 1998, Kurt Jones wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I have done an install of 2.2.6-R following the "novice" section in the
> installation utility. I setup my disks, select the distributions I want
> (only binaries for a very small install) and watch while the files come in
> from the FTP site. When it is complete I exit the installation utility and
> reboot as instructed.
> 
> On startup all I get is:
> 
> Can't find file boot.config
> Can't find file boot.help
> boot:
> Can't find kernel
> 
> What have I done wrong?

The installation failed.  Delete the partition and try again, and watch
for error messages (especially on the ALT-F2 debug console).

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



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