Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:41:46 +0000 From: David Larkin <david.larkin@whitburncc.org.uk> To: "Nerius Landys" <nlandys@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] Message-ID: <20080125234146.083449bd@sparrow> In-Reply-To: <560f92640801251437r3fd38d83xc7ec07841642fa05@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080125224807.233a2a14@sparrow> <560f92640801251437r3fd38d83xc7ec07841642fa05@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:37:07 -0800 "Nerius Landys" <nlandys@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. Thanks for the suggestions .... The jumper leads are set to Mater with no slave I have tried using the other IDE conector, but it makes no difference
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