From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 20 23:28:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA18880 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 23:28:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA18875 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 23:28:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA21571; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 23:28:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 23:28:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Mark Corsi cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970419112733.006971e4@pop.best.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Mark Corsi wrote: > I am fairly new to Unix in general and FreeBSD specifically. I fdisked my > hard drive on a 486 box in order to make room for the FreeBSD installation. > I created the boot floppy from the FreeBSD CD-ROM and rebooted the 486. I > went through all the selections on the Novice installation and when it > asked me where I was installing from I said CD_ROM. (I have a panasonic cd > rom) Upon hitting enter, I received a return that the device was not > supported. Now I can't get the system to recognize the drive at all. At the main screen, hit scroll-lock and use the up arrow to scroll up and see if the wdc probe found your drive. If it didn't, consider moving it onto the primary IDE controller in the slave position. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major