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Date:      Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:24:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Les Smith <lessmith@ddpress.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Failed Novice Install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807112302.252L-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199708060020.TAA03526@indy4.indy.net>

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On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Les Smith wrote:

> I've tried 4 times and it just wont take, where did I mess up?

I don't know, you didn't tell me what errors you're seeing.

> I booted with a floppy. Got 23 conflicts.

Standard default.  Disable what you don't have.

> I have a 486 sx25 with 20mb of
> RAM, an Adaptec SCSI card, a 700mb scsi hd, a ne2000 compatible network
> card. The SCSI card is set @ IRQ 11, 340h. 
> The computer has a localbus mouse set at irq 5. 

OK.  What model of Adaptec?

>  I resolve all of the conflicts, follow the on screen instructions for a
> BSD only install in novice mode. The install looks like it is installing
> okay. The system reboots and can't find a kernel.

You don't get any error messages _at all_? 

You might try typing this at the Boot: prompt:

sd(0,a)/kernel

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