Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:38:14 -0700 From: mike bueide <mbueide@charter.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot problem Message-ID: <20031112193814.GA14546@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <3FB27B5F.10105@bouncebk.com> References: <BAY1-F325c4GnO9lTXe00003be3@hotmail.com> <3FB27B5F.10105@bouncebk.com>
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:26:39PM -0600, RonMcCy wrote: > Kent Oxley wrote: > > >Hello all, > > > >Over the past two months I have been tinkering with various flavors of > >Linux and last week I decided to try FreeBSD. [Yes, I know it isn't > >Linux] > > > >I installed FreeBSD last night for the second time on a Dell Dimension > >but when I restarted, the computer goes into a continual boot-loop and > >won't go past the "F1 Default" message before it restarts. This > >problem occurred the first time I installed it also. > > > >While I have years of MS-DOS, Mac, and Windows experience, I'm new to > >Unix/Linux and don't know where to start troubleshooting this issue. > > > >Thanks for your help. > > > >Kent > > I'm new to FreeBSD as well but have installed it on 4 computers here at > work using 4.4 and 4.8. What version are you using? Is it sharring the > hard drive with another OS? The installer asks you to specify what type > of boot loader you'd like......which did you choose? I sort of remember > what you are describing on one of my installs but can't remember how I > got around it....just tried again and it worked. The FreeBSD installer > is very friendly for being text based and all. > I think I had this problem when I first started also. Make sure that freebsd gets installed in the ad0s2 slice (if using ide.) It will not boot otherwise. At least it didn't for me.home | help
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