From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 26 13:45:01 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 04BDC16A400 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:45:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deeptech71@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F51713C483 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:44:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deeptech71@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m19so1113869nfc for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:44:57 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=C3OojKC6Bm1adKjBBCohf5lyjkrxVT6F2Vyb0NKgb4KB+2uuG5VQL+TZ5nPtRxSPiXyrQ54JfNp5vlyKrdZZDE3DLFlLeq3ZJFmsQPZKeBjaSw9D2nOGzzhRPAFIyxSCcbRij4QlI0p0q17m7EoHwcKN3lSG5xqJMTiKSGhvHK8= Received: by 10.48.242.19 with SMTP id p19mr5600258nfh.1169819090254; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:44:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.123.111? ( [81.182.8.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id j2sm3715050ugf.2007.01.26.05.44.48; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:44:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45BA0682.8050503@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:47:46 +0100 From: deeptech71@gmail.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <3428D9627CC79A4ABF37A519431D98120C9C1453@nmr001oldmsx05.enterprisenet.org> In-Reply-To: <3428D9627CC79A4ABF37A519431D98120C9C1453@nmr001oldmsx05.enterprisenet.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:45:01 -0000 Had more time to do tests. Gray, David W wrote: > Ummm, nobody has mentioned it, but a more modren machine vs. a really > old bios - > the "No operating system" message is a classic sign of a geometry > mismatch - the > new BIOS is probably mapping the drive differently (since it undoubtedly > can handle > multi-gig drives vs 500M for the old BIOS.) No, as the FreeBSD floppies don't work either. Darren Pilgrim wrote: > A few stupid questions: > > - Are you using dedicated mode? Most older computers require the use of > a DOS partition table (slices). > > - Are you making sure to set the active partition? > Of course, if the FreeBSD installer does that. ------------------------ About the Linux OS's floppies, some work, but not much. Conclusion: this crap is going back to the ashcan.