From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 12 06:46:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B2A37B401 for ; Mon, 12 May 2003 06:46:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web10501.mail.yahoo.com (web10501.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.130.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C360143FDF for ; Mon, 12 May 2003 06:46:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frebhed@yahoo.com.au) Message-ID: <20030512134648.86073.qmail@web10501.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [202.76.136.20] by web10501.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 12 May 2003 23:46:48 EST Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 23:46:48 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Frederick=20Johnson?= To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200305121252.h4CCq9SK001606@victory.webpartner.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: FW: Re: HDD disappiered X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:46:49 -0000 I dont really think this is the right list to send these messages... I dont really know which list would be the best but I'm sure it wouldnt be hard to find out... checkout the mailing list descriptions (?) I dont really see how a failed download could cause the problems... I think its unlikely to be a freebsd problem if you cannot even boot from floppies... Fred > > My mainboard is a Soyo 5ema+ and i downloaded the 5empvca2.bin from > http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/selectresults.php?language=&col1=Motherboard&col2=33&col3=BIOS+Upgrade > ... I don\'t know if I can update with the rest, but I know for sure that the > BIOS before AND after couldn\'t find the hdd... Could it be because of a > missing mounting point??? > > thehidden > > ----- Forwarded message from CARTER Anthony   ----- > > Why did you flash your BIOS? FreeBSD won\'t have caused this, but I reckon > that the flash did...Did you make a backup of your EEPROM before flashing the > > new one? If so, reflash with your old one and see if HD comes back. Then > check for a new BIOS (if a prob with BIOS, it would probably have already > been updated). Also, your BIOS download might have got corrupted...so try > downloading a fresh copy before trying to flash to new bios again... > > Anthony > > On Sunday 11 May 2003 11:09, thehidden@ztinkyfingaz.dk wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Here\\\'s an update on my installation: I sat in the ethernet nic and > > everything work fine. But then after booting over floppies and started > > downloading from an ftp, my machine started to act strangely. First, after > > downloading the binary files i started downloading the doc files. Then the > > download fell to 1,1 kb/s so i restarted it. Then after downloading > > approximatly 2,39 mb it just stopped downloading (and that\\\'s with every > > package I was downloading). So i canceled all downloads and restarted the > > application, but now it couldn\\\'t even find the hdd... I don\\\'t know > what I > > did wrong, but I flashed my bios, and still, not even bios finds the hdd... > > I\\\'ve checked if there where any unplugged cables but there weren\\\'t > (maybe > > I didn\\\'t check properly). The only thing bios finds is my cd and the > > flopy... What could I have done, and can anyone help... do I need to buy a > > new hdd now, or what? > > > > thehidden ===== worry is a missuse of imagination http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile.