Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:25:19 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Rene Brehmer <listbunny@metalbunny.net> Subject: Re: Error "Can't load kernel" on install boot-up Message-ID: <200512091125.19988.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <7.0.0.10.0.20051209114401.04251028@metalbunny.net> References: <7.0.0.10.0.20051209114401.04251028@metalbunny.net>
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On Friday 09 December 2005 10:47 am, Rene Brehmer wrote: > Hi gang, I'm new here. I tried searching the archives, and although I > found a post with the same subjec, I didn't find any answers. > Also posted this in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. > > I downloaded the latest i386 ISOs from the freebsd.org FTP, and > burned them onto CD-RWs (I used RWs cuz I want to be sure they work > before burning them permanently) using Nero 6 on WinXP Pro (10x > disk-at-once). > > When booting from the CD, the bootloader loads up, then has that > twirling line character, and then it stops with "can't load kernel", > and a prompt that simply says "OK". > I've tried a few times both with the CD1 image and the Install image, > but both dies at the same place. > There's a whole bunch of .ko files in the /kernel folder, so I assume > the kernel is actually there. It may be a hardware issue, only I > dunno what as I found 99% of all my hardware on the currently > supported list. > > Machine is Asus A7N8X mobo rev. 2.0, latest BIOS, Athlon XP 2600+, 1 > GB dual-channel DDR400 HyperX RAM, 160 GB WD Caviar SE 8 MB ATA/100 > hdd, 40 GB IBM Deskstar 60GXP ATA/100 hdd, Iwill/Advansys > Ultra-SCSI-2 controller + Plextor UltraPlex 40tsi & Plextor > PlexWriter 12/10/32tsi CD drives, Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro 256 MB > AGPx8 graphics on DVI to Viewsonic VX715, SoundBlaster Audigy2 sound, > 550 W Antec TruePower PSU. > > The nforce2 chipset is supposed to be supported, and the rest is old > enough that I'd assume it to be supported by now (or atleast not > cause a problem since it's all PCI devices). > > Any help would be appreciated. Unfortunately I don't have access to > any *nix system atm, so I have to use Windows to make the discs... > > My only *nix-perience is with Linux, and FreeBSD seems to do load a > little differently. > I always use Nero 6 on XP to burn my CDs. They always burn at 42x. They always work. So, Nero isn't a problem. What were you trying to install? It sounds like you downloaded something other than an I-386 iso and it wouldn't run in that mode. Kent > > TIA > > Rene -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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