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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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