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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:31:49 -0700
From:      Joseph Maxwell <jaymax@sac.verio.net>
To:        Free BSD_Users <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Installation problem - v 4.2
Message-ID:  <3B81ABF5.166865E6@sac.verio.net>

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Hello,
I am experiencing a "can't load kernel" condition after a clean
installation.

Just put together this box ===>

     Award Bios v6.00PG 1984-99 (AI6IS019) AMD 751
     Main Processor: AMD Athlon 900mHz
     Memory: 512 Mb
     Diskette Drive A: 1.44 Mb     3.5 in
     Diskette Drive B: 1.2 Mb      5.25 in
     Pri Master Disk: LBA, UDMA 66, 40 Gb
     Pri Slave Disk: Samsung VG33402A 3.4 Gb
     Sec Master Disk: CD-ROM4, Mode3. Matshita CR-572 1.2g
     Sec Slave Disk: None

     Device Class                 IRQ's
     IDE Controller                14
     Serial Bus Controller         11
     Multimedia Device             10
     Simple COMM Controller         5
     Display Controller            NA
     Network Controller            11
     ACPI Controller                9

{just realized possible IRQ conflict - serial bus & network controllers
sharing the same IRQ}
 ________________________________________

Did initial boot w/ MSDOS 6.2 disk, apparently mfsroot.flp, and boot.flp
were not needed on the floppies, then install seemed to run from CDROM.
Created partition slices, boot manager etc. seemed fine. Sysinstall, had
7 potential network related conflicts, reduced to none after leaving
only the one onboard driver active. On reboot the following occurred
===>

     after verification of DMI pool

     F1            FreeBSD
     F2            DOS
     F3            Linux
     F5            Drive 1
     Default:    F1

     BTX loader 1.00 BTX Version is 1.01
     Console: internal video/keyboard
     BIOS Drive A: is disk 0
     BIOS Drive B: is disk 1
     BIOS Drive C: is disk 2
     {then some memory info here}
     FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8
       {------------}
     loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
     Unable to load kernel
     Aborted!
     can't load 'kernel'
     Can't load 'kernel-old'

Suggestions & recommendations desired.
Thanks in advance

--  Joe  --



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Hello,
<br>I am experiencing a "can't load kernel" condition after a clean installation.
<p>Just put together this box ===>
<blockquote><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Award Bios v6.00PG
1984-99 (AI6IS019) AMD 751</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Main Processor: AMD
Athlon 900mHz</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Memory: 512 Mb</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Diskette Drive A: 1.44
Mb&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.5 in</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Diskette Drive B: 1.2
Mb&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.25 in</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Pri Master Disk: LBA,
UDMA 66, 40 Gb</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Pri Slave Disk: Samsung
VG33402A 3.4 Gb</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Sec Master Disk: CD-ROM4,
Mode3. Matshita CR-572 1.2g</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Sec Slave Disk: None</font></font><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1></font></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Device Class&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
IRQ's</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>IDE Controller&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
14</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Serial Bus Controller&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
11</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Multimedia Device&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
10</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Simple COMM Controller&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
5</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Display Controller&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
NA</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>Network Controller&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
11</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>ACPI Controller&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
9</font></font></blockquote>
<i><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>{just realized possible
IRQ conflict - serial bus &amp; network controllers sharing the same IRQ}</font></font></i>
<br>&nbsp;________________________________________
<p>Did initial boot w/ MSDOS 6.2 disk, apparently mfsroot.flp, and boot.flp
were not needed on the floppies, then install seemed to run from CDROM.
<br>Created partition slices, boot manager etc. seemed fine. Sysinstall,
had 7 potential network related conflicts, reduced to none after leaving
only the one onboard driver active. On reboot the following occurred ===>
<blockquote>after verification of DMI pool
<p>F1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
FreeBSD
<br>F2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DOS
<br>F3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Linux
<br>F5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Drive 1
<br>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; F1
<p>BTX loader 1.00 BTX Version is 1.01
<br>Console: internal video/keyboard
<br>BIOS Drive A: is disk 0
<br>BIOS Drive B: is disk 1
<br>BIOS Drive C: is disk 2
<br><i>{then some memory info here}</i>
<br>FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8
<br>&nbsp; {------------}
<br>loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
<br>Unable to load kernel
<br>Aborted!
<br>can't load 'kernel'
<br>Can't load 'kernel-old'</blockquote>
Suggestions &amp; recommendations desired.
<br>Thanks in advance
<p>--&nbsp; Joe&nbsp; --
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