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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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 
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> > 
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