Re: Failed to Load Kernel
The issue was in my BIOS, of all places. I was going to see if I could do install from a Gentoo LiveCD from April 2k8, and it kept on hanging near the beginning and lighting up all the lights on my keyboard (caps, num and scroll lock). So I went into the BIOS, loaded optimized defaults, changed a few things I really needed (usb keyboard on startup, for one) and viola! I was able to install. Now I'm getting the same irksome message as the other gentleman about an invalid partition. Going to delete all the partitions I created, recreate and install bootmgr instead of just a normal MBR. Thanks for all the help. (: -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
On 1/5/2010 1:30 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: > The message I'm getting (wish I could just screen cap and put it up on > the web): > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 > (r...@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu, Sat Nov 21 14:05:36 UTC 2009) > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x88d680 > readin failed > > elf32_loadimage: read failed > Unable to lad a kernel! > / > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... > can't load 'kernel' OK, update time. Swapped out all optical drives for one older, plain jane CD-ROM. Still fail. Swapped out 6GB Western Digital drive for 41GB Maxtor. Still fail. Swapped out IDE cable going to optical drive. Still fail. When I get to the line where it tells me to hit enter to boot or type in a command etc. I type ? get a list of commands. I try (OK is the prompt) OK boot can't load 'kernel' no bootable kernel OK boot-conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x88d680 readin failed elf32_loadimage: read failed can't find 'kernel' OK Yet, as I've said before. Loads up fine on my mom's laptop. I get to the main installation screen (the one with all the initial options). I'm thinking of swapping out the IDE cable for the hdd but I'm fairly certain that won't change anything. I'm ~6h away from having 7.2 to burn to disc and try that way. If anyone has any suggestions (short of actual voodoo), please please please let me know. -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
On 1/7/2010 7:26 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Hmm, having two optical drives might rise up and bite one's tushy; > It could be that you're booting from a drive in BIOS that gets > reassigned by the kernel to be "number two", and the kernel's > attempting to find it one "number one". NO idea for certain, but > such things have happened in the past, I think. > > You might trying disconnecting one optical drive and trying > again. > > Kevin Kinsey > Did so, same exact error. -- PIT signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/6/2010 5:07 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: After testing out the boot disk on my mom's laptop, I have determined there is an error somewhere with my computer. I don't know what it is or where to even begin to look to fix it, but my computer is toast. BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS Attached Hardware: Sound Blaster Live! Generic USB expansion PCI Card Pentium IV 2.4GHz 2GB RAM HP DVD Writer 1040r NEC CD-RW NR-9100A 6GB WD WD64AA ATI Radeon 9200 (AGP) ZoneNet 10/100 Wireless NIC LinkSys 10/100 wired NIC Monitor: CTX LCD No floppy disk drive (none hooked up anyway) ZIP100 internal drive (not hooked up to anything) None of the attached hardware I saw specifically listed as being compatible, but none of it listed as incompatible, either. The two optical drives are known to work (obviously if I can get so far as attempting to load the kernel). The only thing I can think of is the hard drive (unknown previous working condition, although claimed to be in good order). Just to test, though, I'm going to swap out the CD-RW for a 52x CD-ROM. I have no other hard drives to test with (my 32GB drive, known to work, is MIA). Hmm, having two optical drives might rise up and bite one's tushy; It could be that you're booting from a drive in BIOS that gets reassigned by the kernel to be "number two", and the kernel's attempting to find it one "number one". NO idea for certain, but such things have happened in the past, I think. You might trying disconnecting one optical drive and trying again. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
On 1/6/2010 5:07 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: > > > After testing out the boot disk on my mom's laptop, I have determined > there is an error somewhere with my computer. I don't know what it is or > where to even begin to look to fix it, but my computer is toast. > BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS Attached Hardware: Sound Blaster Live! Generic USB expansion PCI Card Pentium IV 2.4GHz 2GB RAM HP DVD Writer 1040r NEC CD-RW NR-9100A 6GB WD WD64AA ATI Radeon 9200 (AGP) ZoneNet 10/100 Wireless NIC LinkSys 10/100 wired NIC Monitor: CTX LCD No floppy disk drive (none hooked up anyway) ZIP100 internal drive (not hooked up to anything) None of the attached hardware I saw specifically listed as being compatible, but none of it listed as incompatible, either. The two optical drives are known to work (obviously if I can get so far as attempting to load the kernel). The only thing I can think of is the hard drive (unknown previous working condition, although claimed to be in good order). Just to test, though, I'm going to swap out the CD-RW for a 52x CD-ROM. I have no other hard drives to test with (my 32GB drive, known to work, is MIA). -- PIT signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
After testing out the boot disk on my mom's laptop, I have determined there is an error somewhere with my computer. I don't know what it is or where to even begin to look to fix it, but my computer is toast. -- PIT signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
On 1/5/2010 9:15 AM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Programmer In Training wrote: >> FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 >> (r...@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu, Sat Nov 21 14:05:36 UTC 2009) >> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf >> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x88d680 >> readin failed > > Could that be "readln"? Been too long since I saw it. > The typo below makes me assume you're typing from the > view on the the monitor. Bad news is, ev'ry time I've > seen this, it's because of bad media. I've not seen it > for years, though, and then, it was always on floppy > installs, which, I think, are the posterboy for "bad media" > on Google or Wikipedia or summat. No, it's readin. And, with another disk burned (from the same batch of disks), from a different drive (my CD-RW drive, this time, primary on the secondary IDE). Same error. I think I'm going to buy a DVD. I don't trust the burning software on my mom's laptop at this point, nor do I trust the remaining disks I have. I haven't, it should be noted, tried them on another computer. I'll do so tomorrow to verify one way or another. So until then I'll just lurk around for a while. -- PIT signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
On 1/5/2010 9:15 AM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Programmer In Training wrote: > > Hello, P I T (Joseph?), Joseph is fine. (: > > I'm rather astounded that no one has responded to your > email as of yet. IANAE, but here goes: I'm used to it. > > >> The message I'm getting (wish I could just screen cap and put it up on >> the web): >> >> FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 >> (r...@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu, Sat Nov 21 14:05:36 UTC 2009) >> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf >> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x88d680 >> readin failed > > Could that be "readln"? Been too long since I saw it. > The typo below makes me assume you're typing from the > view on the the monitor. Bad news is, ev'ry time I've You assume correctly > seen this, it's because of bad media. I've not seen it Would an md5 check of the files on their yield any clues as to if the media itself is bad? > for years, though, and then, it was always on floppy > installs, which, I think, are the posterboy for "bad media" > on Google or Wikipedia or summat. It could be an l, I just assumed a capital "I", I imagine. > >> elf32_loadimage: read failed >> Unable to lad a kernel! >> / >> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. >> Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... >> can't load 'kernel' >> >> As far as I can tell, the cd burned fine (I did the burn on a Toshiba >> notebook running Vista, was able to browse the folders just fine, >> everything looked in order). > > I'm guessing there's some issue we're both unaware of. Perhaps > someone with a better grok on the situation will post. > >> Do I need to use the bootonly.iso as well? What am I missing here? I >> know my drive that I'm booting from is in perfect working order (DVD >> Super Multi-Format DVD+/-R(W), HP, less then a year old with no problems >> prior). > > You could try the bootonly,iso, but the disc you are using does > the same thing, and more. Bootonly is just the installer program, > and is intended to be used when you want to installer over the network, > like in the old floppy days. Disc1 should have the installer and > all the necessary "chunks" to get a working environment without > a network connection. > >> All the hardware up to this point appears to be detected just fine. > > That's good to hear. As I mentioned, hopefully someone else > will have a better clue on this, as I've not had the problem > for years. I've also not burned a CD for FreeBSD on Windows > *ever*, so I'm thinking it could be related to that, somehow This won't be the first time I've had bad media issues. If that's the case, reburning it from a disc from the same stack probably won't yield different results (and I'm not insane). I hate to burn it with one of my light scribe dvd-r's (the only ones I have at the moment) if it will give me the same problem, though. > or other, despite the fact that you can "see" everything. But > then again, maybe I just don't trust Windows programs ;-) You and me both! -- PIT signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 09:15:29AM -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > > I'm rather astounded that no one has responded to your > email as of yet. IANAE, but here goes: For my part -- I just hadn't seen it before this. I'm surprised there aren't more replies too, though. > > Could that be "readln"? Been too long since I saw it. > The typo below makes me assume you're typing from the > view on the the monitor. Bad news is, ev'ry time I've > seen this, it's because of bad media. I've not seen it > for years, though, and then, it was always on floppy > installs, which, I think, are the posterboy for "bad media" > on Google or Wikipedia or summat. It could just be a bad burn. It happens sometimes, even with a good ISO for the disk. Burning again on a different disk might make the difference, if that's the case. > > I'm guessing there's some issue we're both unaware of. Perhaps > someone with a better grok on the situation will post. Alas, I don't know anything more about the situation than you do, I guess. I hope someone else has more information. > > That's good to hear. As I mentioned, hopefully someone else > will have a better clue on this, as I've not had the problem > for years. I've also not burned a CD for FreeBSD on Windows > *ever*, so I'm thinking it could be related to that, somehow > or other, despite the fact that you can "see" everything. But > then again, maybe I just don't trust Windows programs ;-) I sympathize. All my FreeBSD CDs have been burned on Debian or FreeBSD. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpZlLBm6RMuI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
Programmer In Training wrote: Hello, P I T (Joseph?), I'm rather astounded that no one has responded to your email as of yet. IANAE, but here goes: The message I'm getting (wish I could just screen cap and put it up on the web): FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 (r...@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu, Sat Nov 21 14:05:36 UTC 2009) Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x88d680 readin failed Could that be "readln"? Been too long since I saw it. The typo below makes me assume you're typing from the view on the the monitor. Bad news is, ev'ry time I've seen this, it's because of bad media. I've not seen it for years, though, and then, it was always on floppy installs, which, I think, are the posterboy for "bad media" on Google or Wikipedia or summat. elf32_loadimage: read failed Unable to lad a kernel! / Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... can't load 'kernel' As far as I can tell, the cd burned fine (I did the burn on a Toshiba notebook running Vista, was able to browse the folders just fine, everything looked in order). I'm guessing there's some issue we're both unaware of. Perhaps someone with a better grok on the situation will post. Do I need to use the bootonly.iso as well? What am I missing here? I know my drive that I'm booting from is in perfect working order (DVD Super Multi-Format DVD+/-R(W), HP, less then a year old with no problems prior). You could try the bootonly,iso, but the disc you are using does the same thing, and more. Bootonly is just the installer program, and is intended to be used when you want to installer over the network, like in the old floppy days. Disc1 should have the installer and all the necessary "chunks" to get a working environment without a network connection. All the hardware up to this point appears to be detected just fine. That's good to hear. As I mentioned, hopefully someone else will have a better clue on this, as I've not had the problem for years. I've also not burned a CD for FreeBSD on Windows *ever*, so I'm thinking it could be related to that, somehow or other, despite the fact that you can "see" everything. But then again, maybe I just don't trust Windows programs ;-) Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
On 1/5/2010 1:30 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: > Alright, I am starting my install of FreeBSD not from the DVD ISO like I > was hoping (I cannot find my DVD-Rs) so I'm using the disc1.iso from the > FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-i386-all torrent. I just checked the md5sums on them > (using the utility found at http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/md5sums/) but > I cannot find the md5sum for this file anywhere on the FreeBSD group of > sites (I think the info hashes provided on the torrent tracker are for > the .torrent). I take that back, I found the sums for the individual files and they all check out. -- PIT signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
