Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 05:28:59 +0800 From: sweeting@tm.net.my To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Ooops - what have i done ? (was Re: Help "Can't find Kernel image." ? ) Message-ID: <v01540b00af38f8c7aeac@[111.111.111.110]>
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Thank you very much for this incredibly swift response . >Somehow all of bin didn't make it. Try reinstalling, and make sure you >get all the bin files. also make sure you use binary mode and that they >area ll the same size except the last one. I checked with my NT box where i have the 2.1.6 distribution and it seems that i do have all of the distribution ( 72 files, same total size) on the compaq aero. I know that this files work since i used the exact same 2.1.6 files to install on another PC here..... yet i still got the "cannot find distribution" followed by "can't find kernel image to link to on the root file system. you're going to have a hard time getting the sustemt to boot from the HD, i'm afraid" errors. So, last desperate resort : i went into "expert mode" and not sure what i did but the entire bin distribution has been unpacked to / and now it is unpacking /manpages ...... ... lord knows where i will go from here. Thanks for your help anyway. Chas. > >> I am having problems installing FreeBSD 2.1.6 on a 486/sx33 compaq aero. >> Since it uses external PCMCIA floppy drive, i have created a DOS partition >> and have the entire /freebsd/bin installation directory there. >> Everything seems to go ok with the Novice installation until i get the >> following error : >> >> "can't find kernel image to link to on the root file system. you're going to >> have a hard time getting the sustemt to boot from the HD, i'm afraid" > > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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