Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:37:01 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help installing FreeBSD Message-ID: <44CC295D.1030303@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <ca15ad370607291647m3e993f9l6f41de49615775c@mail.gmail.com> References: <ca15ad370607252257v7bdf95fdu25508880385702c@mail.gmail.com> <f2c91f770607252316q66909e64nb70006590525bdf1@mail.gmail.com> <ca15ad370607260653t9fcbc39hc1209de081ad16ec@mail.gmail.com> <f2c91f770607270753h21e9f937m7008ee5ea5a9e1dc@mail.gmail.com> <ca15ad370607291637p54c36805rd24b372bc0e52d7d@mail.gmail.com> <ca15ad370607291647m3e993f9l6f41de49615775c@mail.gmail.com>
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adrian esquivel wrote: > Sorry for the last message... > Thanks everyone that has helped me. Ok, so I checked the ISO image and it > was perfectly fine. So I checked the ribbon cable and it actually is a > 40-conductor IDE cable. So this means that I need to change it for an > UDMA > (80 conductor)?? Oh, and when I change it, do I need to configure > something, > maybe on the BIOS or something... just asking No. CD drives are UDMA-33 compatible only, so 40-pin cables will suffice. If you want something faster than UDMA-33 with your hard drive(s) though (assuming you have EIDE hard drives), you should connect it/them with an 80-pin cable. Also, your BIOS should have the CD drive set to boot before the hard drive(s). -Garrett
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