Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:40:21 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which disk is which Message-ID: <b2807d04040830081050122ab@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200408301432.i7UEWGK08878@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200408301432.i7UEWGK08878@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:32:16 -0400 (EDT), Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > > 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 Subhro puts some ice packs on Jerry, offers him an icecream and decides to call up Tom. :-D Regards S. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India
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