Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:22:38 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Bowen <jidensha@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 3.2 no boot on pentium 166 Message-ID: <20000105192238.18399.qmail@web1303.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi, I'm trying to set up a mail server/firewall/net server/etc. with an old Pentium 166 box that I was given. I am having problems with the install. This is the second FreeBSD box that I have setup and the other is running great so I am wondering where I went wrong. Here's the scoop: P166/32m ram/2g hd. cheap pci video card no network cards (yet) I installed 3.2 release from CD-rom with no problems. I had some trouble at first when I tried to install with no /var partition, but as soon as I selected the defaults it went well. That is until I went to boot it after installation. Here is what I got: BTX loader 1.00 BTX version 1.01 Console: internal video/keyboard Bios drive A: is disk0 Bios drive B: is disk1 FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.7 640/31744kb (jkh@cathair, Tue May 18 03:22:02 GMT 1999) Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf Unable to load kernel: Aborted! / Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for commmand prompt. Booting [kernel]... can't load 'kernel' And then it goes into the 'disk1sla:>' prompt. I am pulling my hair out! Could this be a disk-geometry problem? How about a hardware-level memory problem? Thanks for the help. Robert __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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