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Date:      Mon, 17 May 1999 11:50:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Bootsrapa Limanond <b0l6604@unix.tamu.edu>
Cc:        Suttipan Limanond <limanond@enws626.eas.asu.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Empty Partition, Can't find kernel Error
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171150160.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990512224254.19416A-100000@fox.tamu.edu>

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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Bootsrapa Limanond wrote:

> Thanks very much for responding.
> 
> Is there anyway to reinstall FreeBSD while saving a partition
> (i.e., /usr/home) on the second hard drive? Or I have to clean
> up everything on both the first and second hard disk.

You can try overlaying it.  I wasn't aware that this was an upgrade.

> On Wed, 12 May 1999, Doug White wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 10 May 1999, Suttipan Limanond wrote:
> > 
> > > I think I shoot myself in the foot big time here.
> > > 
> > > I run both Win95 and 2.2.5 side-by-side. The Win95 and 2.2.5 bootable
> > > are on the first hard disk, while some other 2.2.5 partitions are on the
> > > second harddisk. Today after reinstalling
> > > Win95, the boot manager disappeared and I can only booted Win95.
> > > I searched the archive and read a suggestion that I run bootinst.exe
> > > from the CDROM. The problem is that I ran bootinst.exe after I have
> > > `messed' around with `fip' and `sysinstall' (partition config) for a
> > > while :(.
> > [..]
> > >     empty partition
> > >     can't find kernel"
> > > 
> > > I would appreciate if anyone can give me some advice on
> > > how to fix the problem.
> > 
> > Install failed.  Delete the FreeBSD slice and start over.
> > 
> > Doug White                               
> > Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
> > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org
> > 
> 
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Doug White                               
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