From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 23 10: 6:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mg-20425418-10.ricochet.net [204.254.18.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6765C37BD71; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:06:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA01160; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:08:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200003231808.KAA01160@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Forrest Aldrich Cc: Eric Sabban , Matthew Dillon , Mike Smith , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0 sysinstall fails to recognize disks In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:59:06 EST." <4.3.1.2.20000323125731.00b68100@216.67.12.69> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:08:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I tend to think there is something wrong with sysinstall... obviously, the > OS works as the internal drives (also LVD 10KRPM drives) work. Sysinstall > just tells me there aren't any disks in the system. > > So, hope whomever maintains sysinstall is monitoring this conversation. Sysinstall works fine _IF_IT_IS_IN_SYNCH_WITH_THE_REST_OF_YOUR_SYSTEM_. > I will attempt another rebuild of the system. I've not had a chance to > check the cvs logs to see if someone committed any changes/fixes with > serendipity. Just rebuild sysinstall, like I told you to start with. Or just bring the disks up by hand, which is much faster. Or even try Warner's 'diskprep' tool. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message