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From: jsher@crl.com (Justin Sher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD hangs on boot
Date: 20 Nov 1995 19:36:47 -0800
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Julian Elischer (julian@mailhub.tfs.com) wrote:
: In article <48glen$l75@bud.tic.ab.ca>, Kris Hansen <krish@tic.ab.ca> wrote:
: >Installs without issue.  
: >Post install configuration ok.
: >boots with or without booteasy and is ok until the bootmanager
: >prompt.
: which one?
: this one?

: Boot:

: >Then it does the following:
: >	-Hangs
: >	-Freezes
: >	-Dies

: Well if it is after the Boot:
: prompt, try booting off the floppy and typing: 

: wd(0,a)/kernel

: in answer to the Boot: prompt..

: you don't say WHAT your geometry is, or wht you set up as the 
: slice/partition figures......

: My guess it's somewhere in there....

: try the  following:

: get the 2.1SNAP boot/flp and the fixit.flp

: boot the boot.flp
: select the "fixit" option

: do "fdisk" and write down EVERYTHING it says
: do "disklabel wd0" and do the same

: post the results here....

: julian




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