Impossible install of 5.4

Andrew L. Gould algould at datawok.com
Mon May 16 08:52:35 PDT 2005


On Monday 16 May 2005 10:26 am, Olivier Gautherot wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I've tried to install 5.4 but can't boot the disk. I see a FreeBSD
> prompt (the master boot selector being a Linux version of grub) but
> it complains about a missing /kernel.
>
> When I check my 5.3 disk with the new 5.4 install, the content of
> /boot looks fine. I tried all 3 options for the bootmanager but none
> works.
>
> Any clue of what I should investigate? I've installed several
> versions of FreeBSD in the past but never got this behavior.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> P.S. Please copy me on answers...

Did you check the md5 value of the iso file to ensure the download was 
good?

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould


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