Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:43:46 Canada/Eastern From: rhempel@bmts.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! Message-ID: <200408111445.i7BEjMIo016725@cathy.bmts.com>
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It's funny your drive is recognized in a different PC. Does the BIOS on the PC you are installing FreeBSD on support 40GB drives? Ralph > Hola: > > What do you mean by "it doesn't detect my IDE drives"? > FreeBSD installer doesn't even load and it gives you an error like ERR M > or FreeBSD installer loads, and when you go to setup partitions there is > nothing there? > > You might want to try installing the HD in an older computer, loading > FreeBSD (the minimal) and then putting the HD back in your machine. > > This has worked for me a couple of time... I haven't really looked into > as to see what actually happen, but i know it has worked =) > > Let us know... > > Lester A. Mesa > > > On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 23:36, Lucas Holt wrote: > > its probably not the drives, but rather the IDE controller. Make sure > > the chipset is supported, and that the bios settings are correct. Also > > make sure the drives are jumpered correctly. > > > > On Aug 11, 2004, at 12:28 AM, luisgerardorxti@cwazy.co.uk wrote: > > > > > I have a problem with FreeBSD: it doesn't detect my IDE drives though > > > they're pretty known. > > > > > > My HD is a Seagate Barracuda of 40GB and my CDROM is a LG 52x. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd- questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > Lucas Holt > > Luke@FoolishGames.com > > __________________________________________________ ______ > > FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) > > JustJournal.com (Free blogging) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd- questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd- questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd- questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd- questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -
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