Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:32:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: summer@computerdatasafe.com.au (John Summerfield) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which disk is which Message-ID: <200408301432.i7UEWGK08878@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200408301318.40078.summer@computerdatasafe.com.au> from "John Summerfield" at Aug 30, 2004 01:18:39 PM
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> > I've booted a 5.2.1 miniinstall CD and got to the point where I choose which > disk to install onto. > > My choices are > ad0 > da0 > > Great. How do I know which disk is which? OK ad0 would be the first ide drive and da0 would be the first SCSI drive or maybe the first USB drive. > _I_ could work it out if the panel > displayed information such as > Brand > Capacity > > Note: DOS names would be worse than useless because I don't use DOS, and the > BIOS doesn't detect all my drives. If your BIOS doesn't detect your drives you have problems to deal with before you get to installing FreeBSD. > The website doesn't help. > > I'm not on any list. Please respond by > a) Fixing the web page > b) Mailing me the necessary info (eg the fixed page when it's done) in case I > can't discover by other means which is which. Try not giving orders to volunteers. It is tacky and won't get you anywhere. Maybe you should learn enough to fix the DOC yourself and submit a change. ////jerry
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