Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:01:11 +0100 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Brian Levie <brian@levie.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: unable to load kernel Message-ID: <200701100801.11519.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <000201c7333c$5c9e48c0$ba01a8c0@brian5vgqrbw1x> References: <000201c7333c$5c9e48c0$ba01a8c0@brian5vgqrbw1x>
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On Monday 08 January 2007 16:47, Brian Levie wrote: > After installing FreeBSD 6.1, I get the error message =91Unable to load > kernel=92 and it goes to an OK prompt. I suspect the problem is in the > geometry, when installing I get the message =92Geometry of 238316/16/63 > for ad0 is incorrect. Using a more likely geometry=92. And appears to > use 14946/255/63. However the BIOS shows 58853/16/255, but attempting > to use this produces the same error message. The system has a 200Gb > hard disk, all but the last 1.5Gb is Windows XP, and it is the last > 1.5Gb I have tried to install FreeBSD. Any suggestions would be much > appreciated. No, the problem is that you do not have a kernel installed. When you come t= o=20 the distribution part in sysinstall (FreeBSD's installation program), make= =20 sure you have selected at least one of the two available kernels in "Binary= =20 kernel distributions (required)". Good Luck! Cheers, Pieter PS. Although you certainly _can_ install FreeBSD on a 1.5GB partition, I wo= uld=20 recommend more than 1.5GB for FreeBSD (for a fully configured system, 8+ GB= =20 would be apropriate)
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