From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 20 10:02:45 2005 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 A7B9716A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:02:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB3143D5D for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:02:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226])j0KA2hhY016095 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:02:43 +0200 Received: by orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 661562A42F; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:02:43 +0200 (EET) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:02:43 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050120100242.GA1451@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <1498696253.20050119202447@wanadoo.fr> <20050119194228.7248.qmail@web51004.mail.yahoo.com> <515597134.20050119211009@wanadoo.fr> <20050119202834.GA1041@gothmog.gr> <885296200.20050120043027@wanadoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <885296200.20050120043027@wanadoo.fr> Subject: Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU 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: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:02:45 -0000 On 2005-01-20 04:30, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >Giorgos Keramidas writes: >> I've seen Windows machines "lose" CD-ROM or floppy drives, on >> perfectly working systems. You may find that booting the >> installation CD-ROM of some FreeBSD version locates the floppy >> drive just fine. > > The problem is external to Windows. The machine won't even boot > off a diskette. I see. I hadn't realized that, until I read the entire thread. > The floppy drive makes the usual noises as the BIOS goes through its > paces, but then the BIOS says that the diskette isn't there. It's > frustrating. The machine is so old and has been so reliable that I > don't remember much about configuring the BIOS, and I have no idea > where the documentation is now. It _seems_ like the diskette drive > may have a problem, but I'm not sure. This is likely too. Floppies have mechanical moving parts that are more prone to failure than other pieces of hardware. >> Your best choise may be to install by physically moving the disk to >> an other system. Then you can return the disk to the Vectra system >> and let it boot. > > No other systems available currently, alas. And this machine has > SCSI drives; the other machines have cheaper IDE or SATA drives. Hmmm, that could be a problem. Any chance of installing a SCSI controller to one of the other machines? :-)