From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 14 14:37:29 2005 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 48F6D16A41F for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:37:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from millueradfa@yahoo.com) Received: from web54509.mail.yahoo.com (web54509.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.49.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0C0B43D49 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:37:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from millueradfa@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 99576 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Aug 2005 14:37:28 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=3rNnB2ZE6oxZLwUg2dlr6/sch1uskJqPKkxMoWZ4B0CWf6Ezyw7MtfB31ie6ik+tMu3Wnj+Ms40J7Baq3aSoFdIdoPrHW3RRWwsXOiJFREDrLARZM1ftFCz6nV/Gm6lUzJudLaDRCf3BzEYkXu7kn16Z3HSWo6mYhEJmb1jEmWA= ; Message-ID: <20050814143728.99574.qmail@web54509.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [128.148.34.133] by web54509.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 07:37:28 PDT Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 07:37:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Milscvaer To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <42FCC7F2.7030404@scls.lib.wi.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Failed installation of FreeBSD 5.4 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, 14 Aug 2005 14:37:29 -0000 > Milscvaer wrote: > > I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a Pentium > system > > (133 Mhz Intel). The system already had 4.6 on it > so I > > wished to delete the 4.6 system from the > filesystem > > and install 5.4 onto the same UFS filesystem, > while > > keeping /usr/home in place. I deleted everything > > except /usr/home (which I want the installer to > leave > > in place anything inside there) (and except for > the > > kernel perhaps, but that will get overwritten > anyway > > right by the new install?), and then booted from > 5.4 > > boot disks to install FreeBSD. I figured that this > > should work ok since I have done it before when > > upgrading from 4.6 to 4.9 on another system and > > everything went fine. > > > The install program seem to complete successfully, > I > > then rebooted the system, but the boot process > stopped > > at the boot prompt, making beeping sounds. I tried > the > > installation process again but with same result. > I still cannot boot FreeBSD. After finding that the /kernel file from the old 4.6 installation still exists, I have finally figured out how to delete it. I suspected that that the old /kernel file from 4.6 might be the problem. I deleted it, and then attempted to reinstall FreeBSD 5.4 agian. However, the boot process still stops at the F1 FreeBSD prompt, and beeps whenever i press enter. So the /kernel file seems to not be the problem, especially since now the kernel is kept in /boot/kernel/kernel. I also tried setting the freebsd slice to active. No luck. I would like to try to boot the system on the hard driv e from a floppy. Maybe there is something wrong with the boot record on the HD. Does anyone know if this is possible and how I can do that? FreeBSD 4.6 worked fine on this system. I do not know why i cannot boot 5.4. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com