From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 22 14:05:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 3274D16A41C for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 14:05:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0D2E43D49 for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 14:05:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B84C60E4; Sun, 22 May 2005 09:05:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 60043-08; Sun, 22 May 2005 09:05:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C678760D8; Sun, 22 May 2005 09:05:27 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <42909205.5060203@makeworld.com> Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 09:07:01 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050414) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fafa Hafiz Krantz References: <20050522111751.4E9721CE303@ws1-6.us4.outblaze.com> In-Reply-To: <20050522111751.4E9721CE303@ws1-6.us4.outblaze.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.3.0 (20050424) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please help me booooot! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 14:05:37 -0000 Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > hey! Dot, dot, dot > when i switch ad6's cable over to ad4 and vice versa, my computer > doesn't boot past its bios at all. what's wrong here? i just need to > mount ad4 so i can back up some stuff, that's all. thank you so much! First and formost - pick up a good A+ book. Learn why drives boot in a certain order, learn about boot sectors. Learn why drives on seperate controllers work the way they do. That's the problem with youngsters these days - most have no idea about the basics of PC's. Why they work the way they do. I won't even speak of the old DOS days and using fdisk... Tsk, tsk, tsk ... Next - read the handbook on dual booting, then - search the list archives. It's been covered more time then you might expect. However, it does take a little work on your part to find the answer. -- Best regards, Chris How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on.