Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:50:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jacob Roberto <jroberto@on-ramp.ior.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems Booting FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970912224934.17774r-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199709071858.LAA05912@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Jacob Roberto wrote: > Before I installed FreeBSD I used your BOOTINST.EXE program to change my > boot sectors. When I booted from drive 1, it loaded Windows 95. When I > booted from drive 2, I just got the menu again...normal. > > Then I installed FreeBSD from your boot disk image. When promped, I told it > you use the normal MBR. I seemed to install just fine, but when I boot my > system, it loads Windows 95 no matter what drive I tell it to boot from. Well, you deleted the boot manager! You should have selected the option to leave it as-is. > I tried to reinstall FreeBSD. I booted from the boot disk and configured the > kernel like I did before, but not instead of bringing up the main menu, I > get a blank screen with an ASCII block character in the upper-left corner, > it accesses my floppy, then hard drive, then CD-ROM, then it does nothing. > > I tried to make a FIXIT disk, but when I boot from it, it just says it can't > find /KERNEL. > > What do I do now? Re-run bootinst or type `wd(1,a)/kernel' from the Boot: prompt on the boot floppy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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