Impossible install of 5.4 - fixed

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Thu May 19 14:37:58 PDT 2005


On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 11:25:59PM +0200, Olivier Gautherot wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Just a quick update: my problem was a buggy partition table on the disk.
> I reformated it all and it now works like a charm - I'm typing this message 
> from the newly installed 5.4.
> 
> Thanks to Andrew and Kris for their support.

Glad to hear it!

Kris
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