From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 11 00:27:31 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 997EB16A4CE for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:27:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd3mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BCF943D1F for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:27:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com) Received: from pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr6so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.21])2003))freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:21:03 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml6so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.150]) by pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I0N00MLMVN3S480@pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:21:03 -0600 (MDT) Received: from francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (S010600609761a671.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.202.31]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I0N0064CVN3PK@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:21:03 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com [192.168.23.1]) by francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6B0L0hJ029244; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:21:01 -0700 Received: from aardvark by localhost with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BjS5U-0003iK-1N; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:21:00 -0700 Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:20:59 -0700 From: Saint Aardvark the Carpeted In-reply-to: <378014850407101528112fd2be@mail.gmail.com> Sender: aardvark To: Jeff Erickson Message-id: <20040711002059.GE7692@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i References: <378014850407101528112fd2be@mail.gmail.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Person new to FreeBSD needs help... 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: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:27:31 -0000 Jeff Erickson disturbed my sleep to write: > I am new to FreeBSD and am having a problem. I downloaded the ISOs of > Disk 1 and 2 > of version 4.10 and go through the installation and everything seems > to be fine until I reboot. Then it says that it cannot load the kernel > or kernel.old. What am I doing wrong? Very strange -- those files should've been copied over as part of the installation. Are you able to post the exact message you get? Does your installation span more than one disk? Is this a dual-boot machine? Is there anything at all unusual about your setup? -- Saint Aardvark the Carpeted aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth.