Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:47:36 -0700 From: Rene Brehmer <listbunny@metalbunny.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Error "Can't load kernel" on install boot-up Message-ID: <7.0.0.10.0.20051209114401.04251028@metalbunny.net>
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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. TIA Rene -- Rene Brehmer aka Metalbunny We have nothing to fear from free speech and free information on the Internet but pop-up advertising! http://metalbunny.net/ References, tools, and other useful stuff... Check out the new Metalbunny forums at http://forums.metalbunny.net/
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