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Date:      Fri, 19 May 2000 19:05:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Brad Waite <brad@ssbaptist.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Boot Problems
Message-ID:  <20000519230505.GGNG22611.mail.rdc1.va.home.com@john.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005190817180.4839-100000@hobbes>

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On 19-May-00 Brad Waite wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Finally got 4.0 installed on my 40G (apparently was a cable problem).  Now it
> doesn't want to boot.  I used fdisk to set slice a bootable, but it can't seem
> to find what it needs:

Hmm, it looks like your / file system may not be below the 1024 cylinder
limit, which is about equal to 8.4 gig with LBA enabled.

> No /boot/loader
> 
>>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
> Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel
> boot:
> No /kernel
> 
> Where's my problem?  Could it be a problem with my ad0s1a being 3652M?
> 
> I've installed dozens of FBSD's before, but I feel pretty sheepish on this one.  
> 
> -Brad

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