Re: no boot/loader


Check things? Which things should I be checking for? And where should I be
checking them, to be more specific, which optoin should I choose within
sysinstall to check the things?

I am reading on another forum the installation is incorrect and to try
again, however I have tried many times. Do you think the minimun install is
not enough to allow for bootup?


Derek Ragona wrote:

At 04:42 PM 8/8/2008, acmeinc wrote:

No /boot/loader
no /boot/kernel/kernel

I isntalled FreeBSD 7.0 with the defaults for partiioning. I am using one
hard drive in which I followed with the ASQ (auto, tag for boot, quit)
command. I choose the standard boot loader option. I installed through the
master freebsd site via ethernet. Upon the congratulation screen is asks
for
a reboot, and to remove the boot disk, I resart to the error message
above.
I believe it is because a boot loader is not installed, however, it should
be. Is it not in the set up, it is one of the first steps.

Following the errors I am in put into a boot prompt:

boot:

Are there any commands I can run from this prompt to manually boot? How
can
I make the boot work? Will I need to install my own boot loader? How can I
install a manul boot loader? How can I check if the boot loader is
installed, but just not loading properly?

You would do well do try the install again, but check things BEFORE you
allow sysinstall to exit and reboot. Also check that your BIOS has any
anti-virus settings not allowing the boot area of the hard disk to be
written, turned off.

-Derek

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