From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 08:09:45 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 128EC37B401 for ; Fri, 2 May 2003 08:09:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E26B43FAF for ; Fri, 2 May 2003 08:09:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.14 #9 (FreeBSD)) id 19BcAC-00012r-UO for ; Fri, 02 May 2003 18:09:28 +0300 Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 18:09:28 +0300 From: ODHIAMBO Washington To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030502150928.GA631@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: ODHIAMBO Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030502143854.GA86082@ns2.wananchi.com> <3EB284C0.9060203@internode.on.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EB284C0.9060203@internode.on.net> X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. -- Wernher von Braun X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: Blackbox X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.3i (2002-12-17) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 6:07PM up 2 days, 7:33, 4 users, load averages: 1.34, 0.98, 0.75 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Subject: Re: Problem with sysinstall .. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 15:09:45 -0000 * gropep_it@internode.on.net [20030502 17:45]: wrote: > So had a working system, you upgrded it and it was still working, then > you put the drive in and then it all stopped working? It does NOT stop working. Only sysinstall is misbehaving. > It couldn't detect any discs? It detects both disks correctly. I can access the disks even from Windows. This box dual boots. /var/run/dmesg.boot shows both disks. > Is the bios picking up the new disk. Has it been configured properly as > a master / slave etc? What happens when you take out the new disk? This is not the problem. Disk setup is okay ;) -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-) Individualists unite!