From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 30 23:51:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA29320 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:51:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.impulse.net (mail.impulse.net [204.188.6.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA29312 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:51:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reader@newsguy.com) Received: (qmail 16057 invoked by alias); 1 Oct 1998 06:51:41 -0000 Received: from sb1-63.impulse.net (HELO chub.local) (204.188.6.63) by mail.impulse.net with SMTP; 1 Oct 1998 06:51:41 -0000 Received: (from reader@localhost) by chub.local (8.9.1/8.9.1) id XAA02856; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:48:45 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: recycling boot prompt From: Harry Putnam Date: 30 Sep 1998 23:48:43 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.43/Emacs 20.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Installed and running, FreeBSD-2.2.7. At least for awhile.... After initial basic install. I went back and ftp installed some of the `packages' to get a more usefull installation. Very time consuming of course. I've put a line in Lilo.conf on a linux install (same disk) to boot BSD. It has worked a few times. After the ftp package install. On reboot, I get to lilo, select BSD then get a prompt that keeps trying to start booting but only returns to a `boot prompt' in a second or two. Cycles endlessly. I wasn't able to see how to enter in a diagnostic mode or something to try to see what might be wrong. Whats likely to be causing this. I tried just booting linux and rerunning `lilo' but got the same result. I hate to reinstall now because of the installed packages getting zapped. Takes too long to get them again. Trying to do something with the `fixit' floppy. Soon as this is posted. -- Harry Putnam reader@newsguy.com Running Redhat Linux-5.1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message