no /boot/loader - after installation

[John Clement]

The burner's been playing up recently so I've just been using the copy of
6.1 I've got.  Maybe I'll get a copy of 6.2 burnt at work to try after the
weekend.

The locked MBR hadn't occured to me, but having checked, unfortunately it
wasn't that.  So back to the drawing board.  If anyone's got any other idea,
I'de love to hear them!

cheers -jc

On 19/07/07, Derek Ragona <derek at computinginnovations.com> wrote:
>
>  At 03:31 AM 7/19/2007, John Clement wrote:
>
> I'm installing 6.1 on an HP Vectra VL420, I've been in the BIOS to set the
> C/H/S as per what the install reports (I've tried an 80GB Seagate and a
> 250GB WD), the install all seems to go fine.  I've tried the FreeBSD boot
> manager, a standard MBR and even setting the disk as dedicated, but
> regardless I end up with the same 'no /boot/loader' when it reboots.
>
> I suspect (and hope) I'm making a simple mistake, I just haven't seen this
> happen before.
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
>
> First you should try 6.2 which is the latest release.
>
> Check your BIOS that you are allowing to write to the boot area.  Many
> BIOS have a setting to not allow this to prevent a virus writing to the boot
> area.
>
>         -Derek
>
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