On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:50:19AM +0300, Sergey Khenkin wrote: > Hi All, > > I ran into a problem installing FreeBSD 5.2.1-STABLE on an old PC > (Am5x86, 133MHz, 40M RAM, 700M HDD). > After I finish the install and reboot the PC under FreeBSD it fails to > load the kernel. Here's what is on the screen (manually copied): > > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45d64c - > elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45d64c - > elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45d64c - > elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed > Unable to find a kernel! > | > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] ... > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x45d64c - > elf32_loadexec: archsw.readin failed > can't load 'kernel' > > I successfully installed the same system on several other modern PCs. > Can anyone assist me in solving this problem and making FreeBSD boot > up?
Step 1: Try a modern release of FreeBSD like 5.4. 5.2.1 was an early adopter's release not intended for production use. Kris
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