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Agrapha

I was upgrading my packages and went to reboot. It seems I may have done something to the MBR. I can boot from the CD kinda but select option 4 and it says...

Code: 
Hit enter to boot immediately 
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]
CPU doesn't support long mode

type ? for list of commands
OK
I'm clueless what happened. trying to gather info for someone to help.

Code: 
OK more /boot/loader.conf
*** FILE /boot/loader.conf BEGIN ***
mfsroot_load="YES"
mfsroot_type="mfs_root"
mfsroot_name="/boot/mfsroot"
*** FILE /boot/loader.conf END ***
OK
OK boot -s
CPU doesn't support long mode

OK

I am running an AMD chip can someone give me a hand on what to do next? I can't even get to sysinstall nothing is loaded and fdisk is not available yet
 
You are trying to boot off a 64-bit (amd64) CD, and that CPU doesn't support "Long Mode" (aka 64-bit extensions to x86).

You need to boot off a 32-bit (i386) CD. Or get a new CPU (possibly motherboard) that supports "Long Mode". Or maybe tweak the BIOS to enable 64-bit support.

Sounds like maybe you are using an AMD Sempron CPU? Or original Athlon/Athlon-XP/Athlon-MP?
 
intel celeron
2.20 ghz /400mhz
128kb ram

yep It looks like I may have a 32 bit machine. After downloading the new 32 bit iso, I'm able to reach sysinstall. Ok I just want to fix my 32 bit boot. Should I do this via sysintall or command line?
 
ok I got into fixit which is the best news I've had today. Issued the following command.

Code: 
Fixit# fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0

that returned me to the fixit prompt I rebooted and now there is just a "-" at the top of the screen blinking but doing nothing, the disks are idle.
 
I've had that issue on a laptop where the pccard-or-whatever needed to be uninserted for the boot to complete. May or may not be relevant (using a usb vs ps/2 keyboard, kernel issues, etc...).
 
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