Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:24:08 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: JASONNYQ@aol.com Cc: QUESTIONS@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FREE BSD INSTALLATION 2.2.5 Message-ID: <199802031524.HAA09687@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <7685cb54.34d73122@aol.com> from "JASONNYQ@aol.com" at "Feb 3, 98 10:00:48 am"
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JASONNYQ@aol.com wrote: > I TRIED TO INSTALL FREEBSD VERSION 2.2.5 AND I GOT THE MESSAGE > CANNOT FIND THE KERNEL. > I HAVE NO OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM ON MY MACHINE > I KNOW THE KERNEL HAS TO BE WITHIN THE FIRST 1024 CYLINDERS > I WENT THRU THE INSTALLATION WITH NO PROBLEM. > WHEN I TRIED TO REBOOT AFTER THE INSTALLATION I ENCOUNTERED > THIS PROBLEM. > I HAVE A 4 GIG HARD DRIVE IT'S AN ULTRA DMA DRIVE > please dont use all caps its like YELLING at us all. do you have more than one hard drive? if you have installed FreeBSD on the second hard drive, you will need to tell FreeBSD that the kernel is not on the first hard drive. if you have IDE drives type "wd(1,a)/kernel" at the "boot:" prompt. if you have SCSI drives type "sd(1,a)/kernel" at the "boot:" prompt. i am guessing here, can you provide us more information about your computer and how you installed FreeBSD? jmb
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