Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:02:12 +0100 From: "Casper Andersen" <caspera@sophistic.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: compaq presario won't load kernel after installation Message-ID: <003201c08850$99b3c2f0$f058e7c3@itcollege.dk>
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Hey people I have come across an odd problem with a Compaq Presario I'm installing for a friend. Having searched through the web and mailing lists all I have found is others with the same problem unsolved, you guys are my last resort. I'm booting from the latest freebsd stable floppies (2001.01.27) and doing a normal ftp install. Everything is going fine, until.. the system reboots after install. I installed the boot manager and FreeBSD is the only install. Problem.. The system fails to load the kernel. Telling me it can't locate the kernel on the drive. Sort of like it can't access the drive at all or a fucked up file system, what do I know. It says.. BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Console: internal video/keyboard BIOS drive A: is disk0 BIOS drive C: is disk1 BIOS 639kB/80896kB available memory FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 (root@usw3.freebsd.org, Fri Jan 26 12:52:32 GMT 2001) Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf Warning: syntax error on file /boot/loader.conf EαPΦX► ^ Unable to load kernel: Aborted! - Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [kernel]... can't load 'kernel' can't load 'kernel.old' Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. ok _ Notes.. I tested it with win98 and the system is fine. The friend also told me he had similar problems with slackware, which forced him to do RedHat on it, which worked fine. Hope someone out there got a clue, as I'm reaching.. Best regards Casper Andersen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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