Re: Failed installation of FreeBSD 5.4

From: Milscvaer (millueradfa_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/14/05

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    > Milscvaer wrote:
    > > I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a Pentium
    > system
    > > (133 Mhz Intel). The system already had 4.6 on it
    > so I
    > > wished to delete the 4.6 system from the
    > filesystem
    > > and install 5.4 onto the same UFS filesystem,
    > while
    > > keeping /usr/home in place. I deleted everything
    > > except /usr/home (which I want the installer to
    > leave
    > > in place anything inside there) (and except for
    > the
    > > kernel perhaps, but that will get overwritten
    > anyway
    > > right by the new install?), and then booted from
    > 5.4
    > > boot disks to install FreeBSD. I figured that this
    > > should work ok since I have done it before when
    > > upgrading from 4.6 to 4.9 on another system and
    > > everything went fine.
    >

    > > The install program seem to complete successfully,
    > I
    > > then rebooted the system, but the boot process
    > stopped
    > > at the boot prompt, making beeping sounds. I tried
    > the
    > > installation process again but with same result.
    >

    I still cannot boot FreeBSD.

    After finding that the /kernel file from the old 4.6
    installation still exists, I have finally figured out
    how to delete it. I suspected that that the old
    /kernel file from 4.6 might be the problem. I deleted
    it, and then attempted to reinstall FreeBSD 5.4 agian.
    However, the boot process still stops at the F1
    FreeBSD prompt, and beeps whenever i press enter. So
    the /kernel file seems to not be the problem,
    especially since now the kernel is kept in
    /boot/kernel/kernel. I also tried setting the freebsd
    slice to active. No luck.

    I would like to try to boot the system on the hard
    driv e from a floppy. Maybe there is something wrong
    with the boot record on the HD. Does anyone know if
    this is possible and how I can do that?

    FreeBSD 4.6 worked fine on this system. I do not know
    why i cannot boot 5.4.

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