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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.0 boot problem... Date: 3 Nov 1993 23:43:11 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 33 Message-ID: <2b9fmf$880@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2b8mtd$5uo@nigel.msen.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <2b8mtd$5uo@nigel.msen.com>, Mark Taylor <mtaylor@cybernet.com> wrote: >Hello- > >"I've just installed..." FreeBSD 1.0, ... >cyl 0 0 hd 0 sect 0 dev 4 unit 0 off 0 >File not found - didn't load 386bsd, will try 386bsd.alt >File not found - didn't load 386bsd.alt, will try 386bsd.old >File not found - didn't load 386bsd.old, will try boot Are you sure you followed all the instructions. It looks like you never installed the kernel onto the hardrive. 1) Boot the kc floppy 2) Insert file-system floppy and follow instructions 3) Boot the kc floppy and leave it in when it tells you to install the file-system floppy 4) copy the kernel onto the hard-drive ... 5) Rest of instructions. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me