From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 12 07:57:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA08005 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 07:57:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA07997 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 07:57:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-130.laker.net [208.0.233.30]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id KAA12430; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:56:48 -0400 Message-Id: <199809121456.KAA12430@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "mbeffa@pcb-quote.com" , "Mihai Beffa" Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:56:50 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: SCSI Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 11 Sep 1998 21:21:41 -0700, Mihai Beffa wrote: >Linus, > >Could you please be so kind and help a total novice >trying to setup a linux system for the first time? > >New machine, no software installed. >Two Seagate 4.3Gb HDs >Intel N440BX Mother Board with SYM53C876 controller on board >Boots from DOS, can run fdisk. >Boots Slackware Linux from CD-ROM > >When I try to run fdisk, I receive the message > >Unable to open /dev/sda > >??? > >Mihai Beffa >Cupertino >(408) 996-0590 Wrong list darlin'. This is FreeBSD, not Linux... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message