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From: jkane@earth.execpc.com (Jeff Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: New FS won't boot. Hangs
Date: 7 Feb 1996 17:09:21 GMT
Organization: Exec-PC
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I just installed FreeBSD 2.1. It boots just fine from the floppy.
THe installation went as well as expected for a first time. My problem
is that when it boots, it just asks for the boot prompt. I enter press
enter, and it puts up the "|" symbol, and hangs. Concerned that it was
still trying to boot from floppy, I entered wd(0,a)/kernel on that line.
Same symptom.
I have left it for 4 hours hoping it was maybe very busy. NOT!
How can I tell if the install put the boot sector in place? Is getting
the boot prompt evidence of this? I went back to install and told it
to put in the partition manager (or whatever it was called), and it asks
me now for which to boot from. Only one choice. Then it gives the boot
prompt and hangs when it starts.
BTW: I am using the whole drive for FreeBSD. It is only a 127M, but
install did complete.
Any help is appreciated! TIA.
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