From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 15 17:30:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA20317 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA20268 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:30:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA23752; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:32:01 -0700 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:32:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Chris DeLashmutt cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trying to run FreeBSD on an old IBM PS/1 In-Reply-To: <31707058.383A@leaseplan.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 13 Apr 1996, Chris DeLashmutt wrote: > I'm having trouble getting FreeBSD to detect my hard drive. It's just a > regular HD as far as I know, but when I try to run ide_conf.exe it says > "Non-compatible or missing Hard Disk Controller!" I know this is a > regular IDE drive, but I just can't get it to work. Anyone know > anything about this? Hm. IBM automatically throws flags for "Microchannel". If it is microchannel, then FreeBSD won't run on it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major