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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 12:24:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Sam Brown <root@ns2.clever.net>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Sam Brown wrote:

> Straightforward install - 2.2-snap /eide lba mode drive (2 gig)/ p75 asus
> triton II, install from ftp looks great, single partition with auto config
> freebsd sub-partitions etc etc.. reboot, get something like
> 
> f1 for bsd
> f?
> 
> and it doesn't go from there. The partitions are there. any ideas?

Did you push F1 to boot FreeBSD?  (checking the obvious...)

This is most likely a geometry problem.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major