From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 22 23:46:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1643106566C for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us) Received: from outbound-mail-313.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-313.bluehost.com [67.222.54.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5ACA48FC15 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:46:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 20588 invoked by uid 0); 22 Jan 2010 23:46:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box264.bluehost.com) (69.89.31.64) by outboundproxy6.bluehost.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2010 23:46:55 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=joseph-a-nagy-jr.us; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:X-Enigmail-Version:Content-Type:X-Identified-User; b=G1YNRA+iw3kQjOq7e2tJcFW+Xq5S9ObUthyW09fp2m2r9I8XqvJOo2vYFwgj15Rh6G3s9wqL2IgECNq2trzhaoyi+T1jD7d9dhbwPsBi8wiLKcHHtklO3opJj5pbPYvU; Received: from [206.74.86.236] (helo=[192.168.1.51]) by box264.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NYTDK-0007FC-Gd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:46:54 -0700 Message-ID: <4B5A38E9.2020802@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:46:49 -0600 From: Programmer In Training User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <4B42EA80.70005@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> In-Reply-To: <4B42EA80.70005@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig9773C647CBD6E2693F2EFEEB" X-Identified-User: {2250:box264.bluehost.com:ameliora:joseph-a-nagy-jr.us} {sentby:smtp auth 206.74.86.236 authed with pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us} Subject: Re: Failed to Load Kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:46:56 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig9773C647CBD6E2693F2EFEEB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 1/5/2010 1:30 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: > The message I'm getting (wish I could just screen cap and put it up on > the web): >=20 > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 > (root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu, Sat Nov 21 14:05:36 UTC 2009) > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x88d680 > readin failed >=20 > elf32_loadimage: read failed > Unable to lad a kernel! > / > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... > can't load 'kernel' OK, update time. Swapped out all optical drives for one older, plain jane CD-ROM. Still fail. Swapped out 6GB Western Digital drive for 41GB Maxtor. Still fail. Swapped out IDE cable going to optical drive. Still fail. When I get to the line where it tells me to hit enter to boot or type in a command etc. I type ? get a list of commands. I try (OK is the prompt) OK boot can't load 'kernel' no bootable kernel OK boot-conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0x88d680 readin failed elf32_loadimage: read failed can't find 'kernel' OK Yet, as I've said before. Loads up fine on my mom's laptop. I get to the main installation screen (the one with all the initial options). I'm thinking of swapping out the IDE cable for the hdd but I'm fairly certain that won't change anything. I'm ~6h away from having 7.2 to burn to disc and try that way. If anyone has any suggestions (short of actual voodoo), please please please let me know. --=20 PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. --------------enig9773C647CBD6E2693F2EFEEB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLWjjvAAoJEENZQ8DH7rW0DGQH/j1bUP+aI4vYdOVYX6dVYiBk +ZF5Odo9JyKovY2BQUJbpak2Hho2ULCKV3n97FJDEiEciAOZ+r1PuFCxquDLzHcc i7bQ9Cu5iSk6uPQJNY9VuHNL/EiH7t9YqIxGQJPBKTONH1rbXj+KdjDC684dfXMG hJrc7qUpvQMW4o+1T2Wu7PlDnttpFtUJ8zM69PcXYjualF1FANQC+BstBpTJE1sF zuYhIGxZOoKKJobJ3+xJ6yEWOgq9lcoAK4erUD4Hi9H2BvDL7n9xKqyl3Ra/7WPq sxQ2oQuVb5PhXSkP6NZjaQ+QECQTmW8onk+nbF2R7XGusFkMDa1MgvJmLys80Io= =Fa8q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig9773C647CBD6E2693F2EFEEB--