From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 13:30:50 2003 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 1E1CF37B401 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:30:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.us.messagingengine.com (ny3.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47B0843F85 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:30:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (server2.internal [10.202.2.133]) by server3.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F38955502; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:30:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=smtp.us2.messagingengine.com) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:30:45 -0400 Received: by smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 6262649A0C; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:30:45 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.71; T1.001; A1.51; B2.12; Q2.03) From: "Jud" To: "Sperry Russ" , "freebsd-questions" Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:30:44 -0400 X-Epoch: 1050352245 X-Sasl-enc: NRX4GcsdcPq3qJmaa90FcQ References: <200304141508140606.0048DD6C@smtp.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200304141508140606.0048DD6C@smtp.earthlink.net> Message-Id: <20030414203045.6262649A0C@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> Subject: Re: Failed to Boot 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: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:30:51 -0000 On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:08:14 -0400, "Sperry Russ" said: > Hi, > > I am new to FreeBSD with a little experience in Linux and of course have > used Windows. I have installed the Freebsd 4.8 from a CD that I > downloaded and burned. I got the 610mb iso. > > I am using a boot manager named BootIt and have win2000, linux and other > systems installed. > > When I installed FreeBSD I set it not to modify my boot manager. Upon my > first boot it booted to the point of a prompt with the words: mount root> > and informed me that i needed to supply a file system and device. > > What do I need to do to make it boot to a normal command line? I searched > the faq and could find nothing about it in the Install manual either. What you did was to set the FreeBSD installation not to modify the MBR (master boot record). There's no entry in the MBR (or, in the case of BootIt, the EMBR) to tell BootIt "Here's the bootable partition for FreeBSD!" Go back to the point in the install where you choose what to do with the MBR and choose the "normal" MBR entry. BootIt should then automagically detect the MBR entry for FreeBSD; you may (or may not) have to do a bit of editing in the boot menu. Jud