From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 7 9:11:32 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EC1637B401 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:11:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24E4343F75 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:11:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b217.otenet.gr [212.205.244.225]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h27HBONJ008417 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 19:11:25 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h27HBOMA005670 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 19:11:24 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h27H1e8h005527; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 19:01:40 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 19:01:40 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: WolfRyder Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: need help installing freebsd Message-ID: <20030307170140.GL2094@gothmog.gr> References: <000401c2e41f$dd423ce0$4b944094@mooeymachine> <5.1.0.14.2.20030307075242.00a9e890@pop.omah.uswest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20030307075242.00a9e890@pop.omah.uswest.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2003-03-07 08:03, WolfRyder wrote: > At 02:34 PM 3/6/03 -0600, scott mcclellan wrote: >> I wasn't able to get the computer to recognize the CD-ROM. Found >> out through your site that a great number of units get installed as >> the slave of the Secondary IDE (mine was, much to my dismay). I've >> since corrected that problem, I think. FreeBSD is more picky about cabling and master/slave setup of devices than other operating systems (like, for instance, the one from Redmond). Putting a CDROM as a slave without a master on the secondary IDE cable is a very common 'mistake' when trying to boot the installer of FreeBSD. Fixing the jumpers on the offending device, be it a disk or a CDROM or anything else, usually makes things a lot better :) > I had the same problem and thought I'd fixed it in setup. Had to > fiddle with it a few times. Then, installing on a Maxtor HD, I > tried the install a few times and it screwed up royally. [...] > btw, I now have 2 machines running smoothly with FreeBSD, thanks to > the help from this list and a few other sources :) Cool. That's the spirit! Patience, when dealing with a new operating system, which is radically different from what one has dealt with until now, really *is* a virtue. - Giorgos PS: Carol, I no longer have the address of Scott in my -chat folder, and you haven't Cc:'d the reply to him. If you think that he might miss this reply can you check your Outbox and forward this message to his address? PS.2: This is one of the reasons why it's a good idea to Cc: the original sender when posting a reply to a list :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message