From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 3 06:17:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 1EB1F16A4DA for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 06:17:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from t3h1337n00b@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60BB643D45 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 06:17:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from t3h1337n00b@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n29so1012843nfc for ; Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:17:18 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=PpwU80BWFXjGiwbi6hQUxc6Iajy2KVf8hfO3XwPp3BS0oVlRVT3R1J6yijol97i6g5gQdE79qEsNgjJe6JsLMfPFpd6T2odzGD7x2AUwrCVbZ/R+1ar32K+aEEHWJMgpWVPZePKba2pLmpuJ5ejWrlD3K5dcqDGUhrDTBTIQvQ8= Received: by 10.49.93.13 with SMTP id v13mr5103041nfl; Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:17:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.213.11 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:17:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47ab2b740609022317p6a65e4a3ha80e546278b11888@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 02:17:18 -0400 From: "Andy Street" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Can't Find Kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 06:17:20 -0000 Hi guys, I had installed FreeBSD in my schools computer systems lab, so I decided to install it at home as a dual boot with Solaris 10, already installed on half the HD. I downloaded the images off FreeBSD.org, burned them to CD's, and then did a post burn md5sum on them to make sure they burned properly. The install seemed to go well, other than not being able to read fvwm off the disc. When I boot, the error I'm getting after I select FreeBSD in the boot loader is that it "cant find the 'kernel'". Just before I get the error, it says "Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf", so naturally that's the first place I looked after booting into single user mode with the live CD. Strangely, I found that not only was there no /boot/defaults/loader.conf, the /boot/defaults folder didn't even exist. There is, however, a /dist/boot/defaults/loader.conf. Normally, I'd just edit the boot loader but 1) I want to make sure something didn't go horribly wrong with the install (I also noticed that bin and sbin in the / directory had @ signs after them, i.e. bin@, and I wasn't sure this was normal, though I haven't dealt with UNIX much), and 2) according to google and the online documentation, the only way to "edit" the boot loader is to install a new one. So, what should I do? Copy the /dist/boot/defaults/loader.conf to /boot/defaults/loader.conf? Reinstall using the CD's I burned at school that I know work? Install a new boot loader and point it at /dist/boot/defaults/loader.conf? Thanks in advance for the help. Andy Street