I haven't used FreeBSD for some time, but I'm currently trying to install it on my Dell Dimension E520 (nVidia GeForce 7300 LS, 3G RAM).
I have a number of other OSes on the same machine so I'll be trying to incorporate FreeBSD into a multiboot system.
As far as I can tell, everything is fine with the installation from DVD (FreeBSD 8.1) but when I try to boot it, it gets as far as
where it pauses for an hour or more. Then eventually, it tells me that it
In the limited TTy that then shows up, typing either
[cmd=]boot /boot/kernel/kernel[/cmd]
or
[cmd=]load /boot/kernel/kernel[/cmd]
produces the message
When I type [cmd=]lsdev[/cmd] I get
I don't know if this signifies that the disk (or partition) that FreeBSD is installed on (ad4s3) is not being seen as I presume that C: refers to ad4s1.
Note that I have used a variety of boot managers to try to boot FreeBSD 8.1 on this machine including Grub2 (Ubuntu Linux), Bootman (Haiku OS) and the FreeBSD boot manager but all give the same result.
Can anybody help me resolve this problem?
Thanks
I have a number of other OSes on the same machine so I'll be trying to incorporate FreeBSD into a multiboot system.
As far as I can tell, everything is fine with the installation from DVD (FreeBSD 8.1) but when I try to boot it, it gets as far as
Code:
FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
(root@almeida.***.*******.***, Monday Jul 19, 01:59:01 UTC 2010)
Code:
can't load 'kernel'
In the limited TTy that then shows up, typing either
[cmd=]boot /boot/kernel/kernel[/cmd]
or
[cmd=]load /boot/kernel/kernel[/cmd]
produces the message
Code:
can't find '/boot/kernel/kernel'
When I type [cmd=]lsdev[/cmd] I get
Code:
cd devices:
disk devices:
disk0: BIOS drive C:
pxe devices:
OK
I don't know if this signifies that the disk (or partition) that FreeBSD is installed on (ad4s3) is not being seen as I presume that C: refers to ad4s1.
Note that I have used a variety of boot managers to try to boot FreeBSD 8.1 on this machine including Grub2 (Ubuntu Linux), Bootman (Haiku OS) and the FreeBSD boot manager but all give the same result.
Can anybody help me resolve this problem?
Thanks