From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 22 16:51:53 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 500CF16A400 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dking@ketralnis.com) Received: from ketralnis.com (melchoir.ketralnis.com [68.183.67.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BEE913C428 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dking@ketralnis.com) Received: from [10.0.1.223] ([10.0.1.223]) (authenticated bits=0) by ketralnis.com (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0MGFQOo013525 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:15:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dking@ketralnis.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) In-Reply-To: <45B41941.9000007@gmail.com> References: <45B3A409.40005@gmail.com> <45B41941.9000007@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <01997974-108B-434C-8498-0EBCC0529900@ketralnis.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David King Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:15:13 -0800 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) 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: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:51:53 -0000 >> It seems to be that the motherboard probably does not support booting >> from cd as was common with older systems. A side note, I got the same >> error on a p4 board yesterday because there was not boot device (bad >> mbr). I would try a boot floppy to get the system to access the cd- >> rom >> or install freebsd on the hard drive from another machine and swap it >> to the 486. > I don't have a CD-ROM drive on the 486. That is exactly what I have > tried. I've put the HDD in another machine, installed FreeBSD, > moved the HDD, then tried to boot. I've even tried 2 "standard" > MBRs. Try a boot manager? Nah.. Can you see the hard drive if you boot from a floppy? Is the hard drive in the boot path in the BIOS? Are you using a 40- pin cable for an EIDE drive? It sounds like you can't see the drive at all