From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 11 14:44:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAFBE16A4CE for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:44:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cathy.bmts.com (cathy.bmts.com [216.183.128.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7B9943D2F for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:44:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rhempel@bmts.com) Received: from Debug (alice.bmts.com [216.183.128.11]) by cathy.bmts.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i7BEjMIo016725 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:45:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200408111445.i7BEjMIo016725@cathy.bmts.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: rhempel@bmts.com Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:43:46 Canada/Eastern X-Posting-IP: 216.123.167.50 X-Mailer: Endymion MailMan Standard Edition v3.2.19 X-bmts-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-bmts-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-MailScanner-From: rhempel@bmts.com Subject: Re: Help! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:44:24 -0000 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" > -