From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 30 22:32:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B607216A502 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:32:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sten.daniel.sorsdal@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D8613C4BE for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:32:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sten.daniel.sorsdal@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so10867wxc for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:32:10 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=sPF06RYRYpdKDb1N471iWm+dNXrTRaltc07BuHZxRf3ooS5oujHzWPFZkMFee8EVRET3zy/Vj2s+B5I52E+N/FuTFbmneRmaapNaDs9+5269LvBHwdfQBJHvGs7VjGCiaZoIJxVSQS5SvDYSJAQ6ptObzgJBRVJnBczVQUwevR0= Received: by 10.90.32.14 with SMTP id f14mr9305561agf.1170196330221; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:32:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.11.5? ( [72.189.174.133]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 34sm5255agc.2007.01.30.14.32.09; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:32:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45BFC761.7020500@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:32:01 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: deeptech71@gmail.com References: <45B3A409.40005@gmail.com> <45BA30CF.9070906@gmail.com> <45BA3868.2020200@gmail.com> <45BA44CE.90501@daleco.biz> <45BA81BD.9050007@gmail.com> <20070126232200.GB21946@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk> <45BAAF6F.8000600@gmail.com> <45BD3604.2060802@gmail.com> <45BD5D5E.6080303@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45BD5D5E.6080303@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Sten Daniel Soersdal Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:32:11 -0000 deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal wrote: >> deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: >>> Adrian Wontroba wrote: >>>> The point has been made before in this thread, but you need to chang= e >>>> the way the NEW machine accesses the drive FROM LBA to CHS BEFORE yo= u >>>> install. >>>> >>>> Your new system supports LBA. The old one doesn't, and its view of t= he >>>> disk is very different. You must ensure that the disk "looks right" >>>> before installation. >>>> >>>> CHS addressing started to be a problem as soon as disks stopped >>>> actually >>>> having a fixed number of sectors per track. IDE drives circumvented = it >>>> by lying to the BIOS about what they looked like. If you are really >>>> unlucky, you will have to choose a compatible pair of lies. >>>> >>> So I've tried disabling LBA mode for that HDD, but the results are th= e >>> same: "missing operating system" >> >> Did you also reinstall after that? >> >=20 > Of course. Well i am pretty sure the problem is still the same but in your case the solution might have to be different. Did you also make sure you installed a boot manager and made the primary partition active? --=20 Sten Daniel Soersdal