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Date:      Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:02:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Don Sutter <drs@hevanet.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Still stumped in Butteville
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906251559390.14671-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <00d801bebdb7$fd023e00$463ca3ce@don>

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On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Don Sutter wrote:

> I just tried to install FreeBSD 3.2-S, AGAIN.  This time via FTP from
> ftp.freebsd.org.  Again, the install appears to have worked -but-
> after I restart my machine LILO refuses to boot FreeBSD.  The other
> three operating systems Windows 95, RedHat 6.0 and Caldera 2.2
> continue to boot properly.  FreeBSD 2.2.7 was installed and also
> working properly before I installed 3.2.  Can anyone tell me what I
> did / am doing wrong?

It appears that:

a)  The partition may be installed beyond the 1024 cylinder limit.  
b)  You aren't configuing the filesystems properly so they aren't being
newfs'd.
c)  you can't reach ftp.freebsd.org.

Watch the debug screen (Press ALT-F2) during the install and look for
errors.

> I installed 3.2-S on the second IDE drive (wd1) in slice 2 - wd1s2.  
> I would have thought that the boot address would have been
> 1:wd(2,a)/kernel, but FreeBSD thinks the default should be
> 1:wd(1,a)/kernel.  I've used all the values from zero to 3, as in
> 1:wd(x,a)/kernel, and none of them work.  But why "Not ufs"?  Is root
> truly not formatted?  Is kernel missing?  Should I give up on stable
> and go to current?

wd(1,a)/kernel is the correct place.

I just hope it isn't running over the Linux partitions.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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