On 2010-Feb-11 14:00:57 -0700, Sean McCullough <[email protected]> wrote: > This machine runs FreeBSD 7.2 (amd64 version) without the > slightest problem; but when I attempt to load 8.0 onto the machine, I > can't even get sysinstall to put the kernel on to boot it.
How are you doing this? Normally you would only use sysinstall to install a fresh system from CD/DVD. Note that (at least last time I looked) actually copying the kernel to disk is one of the last steps it does and isn't explicitly selected from the menus. > Attempting to > compile and install the 8.0 kernel from source code results in a kernel > which locks up at boot time after emitting a message stating "attempting > to mount volumes"; Is this the exact message or is it "Trying to mount root"...? Can you provide the exact boot messages? Either setup a serial console or use ScrollLock, scroll back, photograph each screen of boot messages, post them somewhere and mail a URL. > a reboot of this system results in a bootloader > prompt and an error message stating that no bootable kernel can be found. Can you provide details of your hardware setup? Motherboard, what the boot disk is (PATA/SATA) and what the physical disk address is (which controller/channel). -- Peter Jeremy
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