FreeBSD 9.3 new install problems ....

William A. Mahaffey III wam at hiwaay.net
Fri Aug 1 03:19:18 UTC 2014


On 07/31/14 21:40, Polytropon wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:35:30 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>> [...] I partitioned the HDD;s using the shell option from the
>> partition dialog (used a shell script, redirected & captured most of the
>> output, although I saw a fair amount go by on the screen), did
>> everything else I *think* you are supposed to do, & finished the
>> install. I (tried to) reboot into the newly installed system & get the
>> following, see attached, done from memory since I couldn't otherwise
>> record the screen. Remember: I am a noob at FreeBSD :-) !!!!
>> [...]
>> not ufs
>> not ufs
>> not ufs
>> gptboot: no loader @ 0:ad(0p3)/boot/loader
>> gptboot: no kernel @ 0:ad(0p3)/boot/2kernel/kernel
>>
>> FreeBSD:GXEboot
>> default: 0:ad(0p3)/boot/2kernel/kernel
>> boot:
> Hmmm... the "2" in "2kernel" looks strange, as the default path
> to the kernel is /boot/kernel/kernel. The boot process tries to
> access /boot/2kernel/kernel and cannot find it. You could try
> to manually enter the correct path at the boot: prompt (like
> the default: setting, but with the "2" removed). In worst case,
> re-install the GPT boot block to reflect the correct setting.
>
>
>


The '2' is a typo in the e-mail, ignore it :-/ ....


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