From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 1 01:05:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA08536 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 01:05:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA08525 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 01:05:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id RAA01085; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 17:34:53 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id RAA24091; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 17:34:39 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981001173439.J2636@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 17:34:39 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Harry Putnam , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recycling boot prompt References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Harry Putnam on Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 11:48:43PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wednesday, 30 September 1998 at 23:48:43 -0700, Harry Putnam wrote: > 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. Agreed. Reinstallation isn't the way to go. > Trying to do something with the `fixit' floppy. Soon as this is posted. Don't need to use fixit. Boot floppy is enough. Try: boot: wd(0)kernel Assumes that FreeBSD installed on first IDE disk. If on second, prompt is: boot: wd(1)kernel If SCSI disk, use sd instead of wd. If not working, let us know with description of messages. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message