> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:43:04 -0600 > From: Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dear Kevin: > > You sure know your stuff, Kevin. No question about it. I am almost > there. The only problem is that when I boot up to the new FreeBSD system > (CD unselected and hardrive selected in boot sequence), I get a kind of > login that says: > > FreeBS/i386 boot > Default: 1: ad (1,a) default > No /boot/kernel/kernel > > Then > > Default: 1: ad(1,a)/ boot/kernel/kernel > boot: default No default > > There are no root hash marks or whatever. It's just as it appears above. > > What does this mean, please? > > By the way, I checked my Windows. Everything is fine.
Lots of folks know this stuff a lot better than I do. Let me get this clear. You start the boot and get the: F1 DOS F5 Drive 1 Default: F1 You press F5. Do you see this? Or the loader prompt noted in your message? F1 FreeBSD F5 Drive 0 Default: F1 The loader prompt is telling you that the loader is not finding your kernel. Did you transcribe the second message exactly? Is there really a space after the first slash? Default: 1: ad(1,a)/ boot/kernel/kernel or is it really Default: 1:ad(1,a)/boot/kernel/kernel Try entering: 1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader This is what SHOULD be the default. I fear that something in your FreeBSD installation is broken, but I am not sure what. I am going off-line for the night, so I won't see any further messages until tomorrow morning. By the way, the date on your messages are wrong. Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:43:04 -0600 (16:43 PST) PST is -0800, not -0600. I received the message at 15:40:50 -0800 (PST). -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
