Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:04:02 -0800 From: Dan Phiffer <dan@phiffer.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: New install won't boot Message-ID: <35A3729E-638E-11D9-BC26-000D93C0C002@phiffer.org>
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Hello, I just installed a new 5.3 system that doesn't seem to want to boot. Here is the process I followed: 1. Install onto two disks ad0 and ad1 (20GB and 80GB, respectively) 2. Slice each to maximum size using 165 (FreeBSD) type 3. Partition with /, swap, /var, /tmp, /usr on ad0 and /home on /ad1 each given ample space 4. Install minimal system from mini-CD 5. Configure network, configure as a gateway, enable SSH 6. Add user account, set root password 7. Reboot At this point I'm given a series of error messages as the machine looks for a system to boot to: Invalid partition No /boot/loader FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: Invalid partition No /kernel FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: And it just kind of hangs at that point. The motherboard is an IWILL and I've set it up to boot in this order: CD-ROM HDD1 HDD2 Is there anything I can try to debug this? It seems pretty mysterious. Thanks for any help, -Dan
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