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To: Ralph Schreyer <schreyer@th.physik.uni-bonn.de>
Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG,
	Jan Conrad <conrad@th.physik.uni-bonn.de>
Subject: Re: Can't boot FreeBSD 4.1.1 release on a digital 433au
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Ralph Schreyer writes:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I installed FreeBSD 4.1.1 release on a digital 433au using the kern and
 > mfsroot floppies. Trying to boot from the SRM console I get the following
 > messages:
 > 
 > 
 > loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
 > Unable to load a kernel!
 > 
 > Can't load 'kernel'
 > 
 > Halted CPU 0
 > 
 > Halt code = 2
 > Kernel stack not valid halt 
 > 
 > 
 > Apart from this everything works, i.e. with the fixit floppy (mounted via
 > NFS) I can mount the devices and all the partitions created are there. Any
 > hints? Thanks,

The boot loader is broken.  Its not clear if its boot1 or /boot/loader
which is broken.  /boot/loader is marginally easier to replace, so
lets try that first.  I've left an older, working, loader at
http://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/loader.gz
Grab it, gunzip it, and overwrite /boot/loader with it.

Please let me know if that works.  If it does not,
please take a copy of http://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/boot1
then install it /boot/boot1 and run disklabel -B <root disk>

Drew


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