Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:46:44 -0700 From: "Ian Smith" <iansmith@viaccess.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Boot Freebsd Message-ID: <000701bd9afa$3ae48c00$3154e3cf@iansmith>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9ABF.88344580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i have problem installing freebsd from day one am instaling it from a = DOS partition to avoid any problem with the installation i downloaded = all the dir in the freebsd folder on the sever am at the installation = menu all goes well on till it starts to install the files the frist = error i get is can't excract version realease from bin on drive so the = installation goes on and at the end i get a next error "can't find a = Kernel image to link to you will have a hard time booting from hard = drive" and when i try to boot freebsd it can't find the kernel why did = it not install the kernel. what directory do i have to put the kernel = image in for the install program to find it? How do i access my /usr = directory from a fixit menu or boot prompt? please reply as soom as possable. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9ABF.88344580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>i have problem installing freebsd = from day one=20 am instaling it from a DOS partition to avoid any problem with the = installation=20 i downloaded all the dir in the freebsd folder on the sever am at the=20 installation menu all goes well on till it starts to install the files = the frist=20 error i get is can't excract version realease from bin on drive so the=20 installation goes on and at the end i get a next error "can't find = a Kernel=20 image to link to you will have a hard time booting from hard drive" = and=20 when i try to boot freebsd it can't find the kernel why did it not = install the=20 kernel. what directory do i have to put the kernel image in for the = install=20 program to find it? How do i access my /usr directory from a fixit menu = or boot=20 prompt?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>please reply as soom as=20 possable.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD9ABF.88344580-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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