[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've just tested dangerously dedicated mode, and it worked! > Next stop: it can't load the kernel (only on the 486). > > --- PART OF OUTPUT: > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x51a2e4 > readin failed > > elf32_loadimage: read failed > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x51a2e4 > readin failed > > elf32_loadimage: read failed > Unable to load a kernel! > - > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or press any other key for command prompt. > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] > can't load 'kernel' > Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. > OK > --- END PART OF OUTPUT
I assume that you don't have enough RAM. If I remember correctly, your 486 machine only has 8 MB of RAM, which is not enough to load a GENERIC kernel nowadays. You will have to compile a smaller kernel by removing all things that you don't need. Of course, you could also upgrade the RAM in that machine, if possible. > I'm inputting: more /boot/kernel/kernel > It outputs ['?' = loads of crap]: > *** FILE /boot/kernel/kernel BEGIN *** > ?ELF????????????????????????????????????? > -- more -- Well, yes, a kernel is a binary file. It doesn't make much sense to try to view it with "more". Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "That's what I love about GUIs: They make simple tasks easier, and complex tasks impossible." -- John William Chambless _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"