From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 31 23:22: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA9D37B408 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:21:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f816Lnb86885; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:21:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Elliot Hanna" Cc: Subject: RE: FreeBSD Installation Woes Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:21:48 -0700 Message-ID: <010d01c132ae$61c9d4c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <000001c132ad$7bb40190$b8860518@cy202349a> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Is there any way you can do one of the following: a) get support for Boot Magic from the vendor? or b) Replace Boot Magic with the FreeBSD boot selector? Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Elliot Hanna >Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:15 PM >To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: FreeBSD Installation Woes > > >Hello, > >I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 4.2 on my computer and I'm running into >problems. Basically, the system does not boot and displays the message "No >/kernel." My system particulars are as follows: > >1. Dual-boot system with Windows 2000 and FreeBSD >2. Boot manager is Boot Magic >3. Three hard disks and 1 -CD/RW installed as follows: > Primary master (8.3GB Western Digital [Windows 2000]) > Primary slave (60GB Western Digital) > Secondary master (40GB Maxtor [FreeBSD]) > Secondary slave (CD/RW drive) >4. Pentium III, 450 MHz Processor >5. 384MB RAM >6. Soundblaster PCI sound card >7. PCI 10/100 Base-T network card >8. PCI parallel port expander >9. U.S. Robotics ISA modem > >The installation of FreeBSD completes just fine but that OS >simply won't boot (Windows 2000 boots just fine). I've tried >the suggestions for similar problem that I found mentioned in >the manual and I also searched your web site but I've been unable >to solve the problem. I'd really like to get this working so >I'd appreciate any help that you'd be willing to provide. > > >Best Regards, > > > >Elliot Hanna > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message