FreeBSD 5.2.1-STABLE boot problem

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:50:19AM +0300, Sergey Khenkin wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I ran into a problem installing FreeBSD 5.2.1-STABLE on an old PC
> (Am5x86, 133MHz, 40M RAM, 700M HDD).
> After I finish the install and reboot the PC under FreeBSD it fails to
> load the kernel. Here's what is on the screen (manually copied):
> 
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45d64c -
> elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45d64c -
> elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45d64c -
> elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
> Unable to find a kernel!
> |
> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] ...
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45d64c -
> elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
> can't load 'kernel'
> 
> I successfully installed the same system on several other modern PCs.
> Can anyone assist me in solving this problem and making FreeBSD boot
> up?

Step 1: Try a modern release of FreeBSD like 5.4.  5.2.1 was an early
adopter's release not intended for production use.

Kris
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