Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:30:44 -0000 From: "Brian Levie" <brian@levie.freeserve.co.uk> To: "'Pieter de Goeje'" <pieter@degoeje.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: unable to load kernel Message-ID: <000401c73584$b2ce05b0$ba01a8c0@brian5vgqrbw1x> In-Reply-To: <200701100801.11519.pieter@degoeje.nl>
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Many thanks, that solved the problem Brian=20 -----Original Message----- From: Pieter de Goeje [mailto:pieter@degoeje.nl]=20 Sent: 10 January 2007 07:01 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Brian Levie Subject: Re: unable to load kernel 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 to=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 would=20 recommend more than 1.5GB for FreeBSD (for a fully configured system, 8+ GB=20 would be apropriate) --=20 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release Date: 09/01/2007 13:37 =20 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/622 - Release Date: 10/01/2007 14:52 =20
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