From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 2 23:13:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA21725 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:13:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA21720 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:13:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA26471; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:13:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: NetSonic cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Drive Cant Find Kernel on boot up without intervention In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970930211324.01459134@207.250.84.2> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, NetSonic wrote: > WE recently installed Free BSD on a Pentium Pro 200, 128 Mb RAM, 4.3Gb WD > SCSI and a 4.3gb WD IDE Drive. During the Bootup Process, I get the > following error: > > BOOT: > dosdev= 80, biosdrive = 0, unit=0, maj=0 > empty partition > Cant Find /Kernel > > Then it loops trying to find it giving the same error message. > > If I enter this > > Boot: 1:sd(0,a)kernel > > it jumps right into the system as a normal bootup woudl and runs fine. > > Any clues as to what I may have done in the install process to cause this? You have an IDE and SCSI controller in the same box. This can confuse the boot blocks. Try putting ``1:sd(0,a)/kernel'' in /boot.config. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major