Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:44:11 +0100 From: John Murphy <john253@crosswinds.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to boot 4.1.1 Message-ID: <68c9vs0s4ug8fqsb6d5h7ppsc8nsqor06j@4ax.com>
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Cribbins, Jason wrote: >I downloaded the latest floopy disks linked on ther main web site and am >unable to boot now. The floppies were in the 4.1.1-release sectionof = the >ftp site > >I have had no trouble using 4.1-stable that I downloaded last month but = the >latest release is not working at all. Everything seems to go ok through= the >entire install process until the finasl reboot then I get the following: > >>>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT >Default: 0:da(0,a)kernel >Boot: >Invalid partition >No /kernel > >This message repeats noi matter what I try. This only other difference >between this install and the one a month ago was the addition of a = Promise >Ultra 100 IDE Controller. Which is why I decided to reinstall in the = first >place. > >I have a 128MB swap and 392MB /tmp on ad0 (520MB SCSI) >I also have default all on the da4 (20GB IDE) This doesn't sound right because ad0 is an IDE drive. Also, if you did "default all" you probably have two swap partitions, and that will = probably cause problems. >Thats the most info I can give right now since my system is unbootable = and I >cant access any more info without attempting a reinstall. This is the = third >time this weekend and I am finished unless I can get some guidance >Can anyone help? Perhaps try installing again with just the IDE drive. You could add the SCSI later. It should be no problem to move /tmp, but I'm not sure about the swap partition. HTH a little. John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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