From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 29 00:35:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA22380 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 29 Jun 1997 00:35:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kevin.sunshine.net ([204.191.205.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA22372 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 1997 00:35:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by kevin.sunshine.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA00222; Sun, 29 Jun 1997 00:29:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: kevin.sunshine.net: cagey owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 00:29:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk X-Sender: cagey@kevin.sunshine.net To: "Daniel A. Borlean" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel doesn't boot!? In-Reply-To: <33B5E681.6573@cruzio.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Daniel A. Borlean wrote: > > I've tried using "kernel" with all the options (abc..) separately with > no success. I've also tried using the first usage ([[[0:][wd]..) and my > system just locks up; I then have to do a hard boot (pressing the reset > button) since a soft boot (CTRL-ATL-DEL) doesn't work. I've tried > 1:sd..., but that gives me repetitive error messages. > > Does anyone know how I'd go about booting into the system successfully? > Is there a boot up file for a floppy disk that I may use to boot into > the system? (I tried the installation boot floppy, but it doesn't allow > me to reach a shell so I can examine my system.) Download the fixit.flp. There is an option for using it in sysinstall. It should allow you to mount all your slices. > > Thanks for any input, > Daniel > Hope it helps. -- =| Regards, =| FreeBSD ==> http://www.FreeBSD.org =| Kevin G. Eliuk =| "Free at last, free at last, ..."