Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 16:49:12 -0500 From: Tom Jackson <toj@gorilla.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HD & X11 Installation Message-ID: <19970621164912.22597@peeper.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <199706201749.NAA01562@felix.acet.org>; from Kathy Clark on Fri, Jun 20, 1997 at 01:49:46PM -0400 References: <199706201749.NAA01562@felix.acet.org>
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On Fri, Jun 20, 1997 at 01:49:46PM -0400, Kathy Clark wrote: > I stole a suggestion from an earlier e-mail regarding installing a > 2nd HD and it didn't work for me > > /stand/sysinstall > select 7 "custom" > > It only came up with wd0. I have an IDE (wd0) and a SCSI (sd0). > I installed FreeBSD a month ago on the wd0 and now I want to > mount the sd0 and use it too. Any suggestions on how to get > the sd0 recognized and up and running. BTW, this is a Compaq. > I know, yuk ;p and it did recognize the scsi before when it > was just a lowly ole PC running Windows. > Are you saying that when you boot fbsd with both drives, the probe msgs don't mention the scsi controller nor the scsi drive? Is it a on mother- board controller or a scsi controller card; what kind (eg chip set) hint: leave the root (/) partition on the ide drive. > Secondly, I want to run X windows. I have both cdrom's > for 2.2.1. I don't recall anything under /stand/sysinstall > that allows you to install X. Would I best benefit from > copying over everything from /usr/X11R6/bin from another > system and trying that. Of course, this might be the easy > way out and I'd rather suffer through the learning curve. I believe once you get the custom install working to label and slice your scsi drive, you will have no trouble installing X from there. Hang in there. Tom
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