From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 29 17:35:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.webmailer.de (natmail2.webmailer.de [192.67.198.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D732837B479 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:35:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from umktgghc (host-209-214-45-81.mob.bellsouth.net [209.214.45.81]) by post.webmailer.de (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id CAA16332 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 02:35:03 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <200010300135.CAA16332@post.webmailer.de> From: "Mh" To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:34:53 -0500 Reply-To: "Mh" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 98 (4.10.1998) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4963392=_=_=_" Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4963392=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hey kevin, boot from a floppy disk and run fdisk, because i think you have probably= deleted all your partitions. create some new and start freebsd-setup from a bootdisk. installing msdos is useless. i hope that helped bye --Original Message Text--- From: Kevin Chudy Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:01:34 -0500 Hi, =FF =FF=FF=FFI have a question about the installation process. =FF =FF=FF=FFI have read the installation material and tried to install it b= ut had a problem. =FF =FF=FF=FFI had downloaded the current stable version and put it on a har= d drive. This drive is my D drive. =FF =FF=FF=FFI installed dos 6.2 on my C drive and booted to it. =FF =FF=FF=FFI started the installation. I followed the instructions and res= olved several hardware conflicts. Those =FF=FF=FFconflicts seemed to be with hardware I didn't have. =FF =FF=FF=FFThe install process started to probe the hardware. It said it m= ight take a while. After 45 minutes with no apparent activity I shut the computer off and on and tried to bo= ot to my c drive again. The dirve was not available. =FF =FF=FF=FFI can boot to a floppy but the hard drives are not available. I= have tried another known good drive and two more drive controllers. I have reset the bios. All to no avail. = I keep getting a message that the hard drives are bad or not there. =FF The PC I used was a working 486-33 so I didn't lose alot but need to fig= ure out what is going on before I try again. =FF Does anybody have any ideas? When the install process says it might take= a while to probe the hardware could that be longer than 45 minutes? =FF Thank you, Kevin =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DEND FORWARDED M= ESSAGE=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4963392=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hey kevin,

boot from a floppy disk and run fdisk, because i think you have probably= deleted all your partitions. create some new and start freebsd-setup fr= om a bootdisk. installing msdos is useless.

i hope that helped

bye


--Original Message Text---
From: Kevin Chudy
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:01:34 -0500

Hi,
 
  have = a question about the installation process.
 
  have = read the installation material and tried to install it but had a problem= .
 
  had d= ownloaded the current stable version and put it on a hard drive. This dr= ive is my D drive.
 
  insta= lled dos 6.2 on my C drive and booted to it.
 
  start= ed the installation. I followed the instructions and resolved several ha= rdware conflicts. Those   seemed to be with hardware I didn't = have.
 
  insta= ll process started to probe the hardware. It said it might take a while.= After 45 minutes with no apparent activity I shut the computer off and = on and tried to boot to my c drive again. The dirve was not available.
 
  can b= oot to a floppy but the hard drives are not available. I have tried anot= her known good drive and two more drive controllers. I have reset the bi= os. All to no avail. I keep getting a message that the hard drives are b= ad or not there.
 
The PC I used was= a working 486-33 so I didn't lose alot but need to figure out what is g= oing on before I try again.
 
Does anybody have= any ideas? When the install process says it might take a while to probe= the hardware could that be longer than 45 minutes?
 
Thank you,
Kevin




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