From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 25 22:41:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4550416A418 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:41:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B417113C465 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:41:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so876162fgg.35 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:41:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=Cb7zuwqFdLOOzbh45gdhOHTfaDHt/SnEhh5yWUbHXTM=; b=oTFaHr/XkTRobcB2l2IoPqDVSunGJlNUtrFAjul3SWh/tGXxe5Ki/BhrksuBgjSpLVuLt7ErTv0898GPZlP4VkWmzVMlZTFx1A6Ipi9rNWtv7Yi4lttlWKXP+FYqVcXM1wZdUNeh0rdMq2BmcXQlc9LC/kO0+wm65uiC+pbfhg0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=uzbJXe4yh+FJzA5M8UjZCoyHTXlNMtXJhg/9M3fHUuBv4XcJgc2lT00+ALyov54OOYWwnEJ0/SGvtMLF5zIy76mC5DAtxhvxrkgybIx39qZC49IdWEvQ8iaFWYJaoOrprjp7VnBA24VHZ0vyIVOYIu3IDSdKQMS7b1ikq+akcy8= Received: by 10.82.112.3 with SMTP id k3mr4578793buc.15.1201300917390; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:41:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.160.20 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:41:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <560f92640801251441y5e8a665dvf2518a6eaf671737@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:41:57 -0800 From: "Nerius Landys" To: "David Larkin" In-Reply-To: <560f92640801251437r3fd38d83xc7ec07841642fa05@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20080125224807.233a2a14@sparrow> <560f92640801251437r3fd38d83xc7ec07841642fa05@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:41:59 -0000 > > However, when I reboot (without floppies) I still get the message > > Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] > > > > and when I go into BIOS , it still doesn't detect the IDE disk. > > > > How do I format disk so BIOS recognises it ? > > > I'm pretty sure this isn't a matter of what bits and bytes are on your > hard disk. (It's not an issue of formatting.) Someone correct me if I'm > wrong someone. It seems that the issue is a hardware issue. For example, > try a different jumper configuration on the back of the physical hard > drive. Also, there are probably two places on the IDE cable where you can > plug in your hard drive. Try plugging your hard drive to the very end IDE > connector (not the middle one) and try setting the hard drive jumper > configuration to "master". This might help. Just an idea. > > A couple of other thoughts. In the BIOS settings you can probably set the order of devices it will try to boot from. Set your hard drive as the first device, or at least make sure it's in the list of devices to boot. Once you get the BIOS to recognize your drive and try to boot from it, if it still ain't booting it probably means that you didn't write anything to the hard disk MBR during install. You didn't install a boot manager or a simple boot program into the MBR.