From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Oct 20 06:56:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA23530 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 06:56:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from austin.aus.sig.net (austin.sig.net [199.1.78.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA23520 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 06:56:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tsmith@sig.net) Received: from austin.aus.sig.net (austin.sig.net [199.1.78.2]) by austin.aus.sig.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id IAA19410; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 08:52:10 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 08:52:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Thad Smith X-Sender: tsmith@austin.aus.sig.net To: xiyuan qian cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A question with IBM PC 520 In-Reply-To: <199710202118.VAA16697@npc.haplink.com.cn> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, xiyuan qian wrote: > Hi, Would you please do me a favior to tell me whether FreeBSD2.2 can run on > IBM PC Server 520. When I installed the Freebsd2.2 box in my IBM PC Server 320, > all worked very well, but when I setup the same hard disk to my PC Server520, > it always showed me " read error" message or "no operator system". Why? Sounds like it's might not be recognizing the harddrive. Go into your cmos on startup and make sure it has the right harddrive (auto detect works great on most PC's). Also, make sure that the hd is on the first ide interface. Good Luck, Thad > > Best regaurds! > > --xiyuan > ___________________"We make the Internet work."___________________ Thad Smith tsmith@sig.net Technical Support helpdesk@sig.net SigNet Partners Inc. http://www.sig.net 512.306.0700 800.396.5158 fax: 512.306.0702 Tell us what you think; use the reply form at the address above! __________________________________________________________________