Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 08:55:44 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Pbpkayak <pbpkayak@mediaone.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 11 year old needs FreeBSD mentor..(was "HELP") Message-ID: <19970909085544.21825@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34142B6B.63DECDAD@whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 09:44:27AM -0700 References: <3413E105.8266D760@mediaone.net> <34142B6B.63DECDAD@whistle.com>
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On Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 09:44:27AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > Pbpkayak wrote: >> >> To whom it may concern: >> >> I am writing on behalf of my 11 year old nephew who installed the >> FreeBSD on his IBM computer this week. Apparently, it crashed his >> computer and he no longer has a C drive. Please help me assist him in >> resolving this problem. He is enrolled in Scottsdale Community College >> and is quite a whiz kid with the computer. Unfortunately, due to time >> contraints and the pressure of his advanced schooling, he is unable to >> find a solution to this problem on his own. >> >> He has advised me that when he hits the enter key, he gets a response >> which says "can't find front flash kernel" > > this would be "SLASH kernel" > e.g. /kernel Thanks. I was wondering how to parse that. :-) > the boot blocks were unable to find the kernel.. > this may be a symptom of a mis-partitionned disk, or many other > things.. > > where do you live,? (or him for that matter) > > It may be quickest to thing for someone nearby to talk him > through it on the phone.... > >> this is with and without the >> boot disk. Also, this message comes up at the boot prompt : Freebsd boot >> @0X10000:639/31744K > > this tells us only how much memory he has.. (32MB) > someone needs to be able to have a direct discussion with him. This also tells him that he has a /kernel, since that's the program that produces this message. >> Please advise if you are familiar with these responses. Thanking you in >> advance for your assistance. Your best bet is to do as Julian suggests and tell us where you live. >From all appearances, it's in Norcross, GA. Greg
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