Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 15:51:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install *actually* friendly Message-ID: <199808052151.PAA01734@obie.softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980805062725.19092B-100000@ns.double-barrel.be> from "Michael C. Vergallen" at "Aug 5, 98 06:51:55 am"
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> On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> > PC's are being shipped that way! The particular machine that happened to
> > me on was an Intel, not a machine built by Joe Blow's 'Puter Parts. I'd
What EVER made you think a computer made by Intel is better than one
made by "Joe Blow's Computer Parts"?
> > already installed FreeBSD on a number of systems and it's my preferred
> > Unix so I was a bit more persistant than the typical user. Right now that
> > machine has the hard disk and CD on wdc0 and FreeBSD *still* doesn't even
> > see wdc1 (even tho there's nothing on it). The controllers are built onto
> > the motherboard.
You don't understand: if you don't have a "master" device plugged into
that "IDE2" connector on your motherboard, YOU DON"T HAVE A SECOND IDE
CONTROLLER! The "controller" on IDE is ON THE DRIVE, that's what
"Integrated Drive Electronics" means.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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