Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:35:05 +0000 () From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: James B Amy <jimamy@io.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD Installation Message-ID: <199607260035.AAA13773@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <01BB6F78.B7630860@486-hot-rod.net4.io.org> from "James B Amy" at Jul 11, 96 10:31:25 pm
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> > (I cannot make contact with supprt@cdrom.com.) Walnut Creek do not offer technical support on FreeBSD - I believe their promotional material actually says "we do not support this CD". > 1. On page 26 of the Running FreeBSD manual it says I need to jumper my > CD-ROM as a slave device. My CD is the only device on my secondary IDE > (ATAPI) interface and when I jumper it as a slave device the CD-ROM drivers > will not accept a slave without a master. In the process my CD-ROM drivers > defaulted back to real device drivers and I had to reload Windows 95 to get > the CD-ROM as well as my IDE Windows 95 drivers back. > Is it necessary to jumper the CD as a slave device and if so, how can I do > that without also having a master? I'm not too familiar with IDE CDROMs, but I'd try having it as the master on the second controller, or if that doesn't work, as the slave on the first controller. And of course you should *always* make a full backup of any important data on your hard drive before doing anything potentially destructive like putting a new operating system on it. > 2. The other issue I did not realize when I ordered FreeBSD is the need to > load it in a partition within the first 500 MB of disk space (or 1024 > cylinders). Is this always the case with EIDE drives? I am using a > Western Digital AC31200 1.2MB HD. This is always the case with IDE drives, regardless of the operating system - it's basically a design limitation in the PC. > 3. If I cannot get this to work, is there a satisfaction guaranteed as > there is with Linux Slackware? It seems to me Linux might be an easier > route to go, at least as far as installation goes. I understand Walnut Creek do in fact operate such a policy.
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