Invalid partition

[Eric Anderson]

Fabio Bucci wrote:
> Hi,
> this is the first time i install FreeBSD. 
> I'm a newbie.
> :-)
> 
> I've 2 HD, the first with 8GB and other with 40GB.
> I boot FreeBSD with CD installer and i created a slice on each HD.
> 
> On the first disk i created the following partitions:
> - /var
> - /
> - /usr
> - swap
> 
> While on the second disk i created only one partition called mounted as /disk1
> 
> When installation finished, i reboot my pc and return this error:
> 
> Invalid partition
> Invalid partition
> No /boot/loader
> 
> Where did i mistake?????

Sounds like you didn't install a boot loader.. I think you can do that 
from the install cd.  Boot off it, go into the partitioning area, then 
exit it - I think it will prompt you for MBR, boot loader, or none. 
Pick one of the first two..

Eric


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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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