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#! rnews 1751 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!204.96.36.2!wizard.pn.com!news.zeitgeist.net!news.greatbasin.net!usenet From: "Chas Breese III" <subrat@greatbasin.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 2.2-Beta booting problem Date: 1 Jan 1997 20:42:14 GMT Organization: Great Basin Internet Services, Reno, NV Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <01bbf824$7de08d80$d3a45ecc@trilinguistics.greatbasin.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: trilinguist.greatbasin.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33434 I've gotten lost, quick... I've installed 2.2-Beta on a DX-4 100, a machine that previously ran 2.1-Release without a hitch. After Novice installation of 'X-User', the system reboots, prompting to remove the floppy, and I get booteasy's 'F1: FreeBSD' and 'Default F1'. I press F1 or let it default and it returns with 'F1: FreeBSD' and 'Default F?' in a continuous loop. Yes, that's a question mark where the 1 (one) is supposed to be. I figure that there's a problem with the kernel, but don't exactly know how to check that with the fixit.flp... I've also tried upgrading from a short-n-sweet 2.1.6-Release, but it fudges the kernel and I get the same boot loop. Am I missing boot blocks? Is the kernel MIA? How do I check wd0 with the fixit.flp to make sure the system is bootable? I've been able to complete an fsck of wd0 with the fixit.flp, but it still doesn't boot. Anyone? Please? Chas Breese III subrat@greatbasin.com