From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 8 09:53:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA06826 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 09:53:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Orion.w3page.com (root@p15.pm-1.pm.dimensional.com [206.100.130.15]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA06821 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 09:53:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Orion (blaine@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Orion.w3page.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA08610 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 10:53:11 -0600 Message-ID: <325A86F6.3607455E@w3page.com> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 10:53:10 -0600 From: Blaine Minazzi Organization: What, me organized? X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.13 i486) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atapi References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nadav Eiron wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Frank Varnell wrote: > > > I have been unable to install freebsd on my new computer. > > I have a Compaq 133Mhz Presario #4706. It has 2.5MB hard disk and > > an 8x IDE CDROM (I don't know which brand).Also has Windows95. > > I bought the Walnut Creek 2.1.5 Aug '96 release. It didn't have > > the ATAPI.flp files mentioned in the book. So, I went back to the > > 2.1 release which I had successfully installed on another > > machine (dell w/ atapi). > There is no atapi.flp in 2.1.5R because with this release the ATAPI > support is built into the standard install floppy. You can use it just > the same. > > > One of the reasons I bought this machine was that I thought a popular, > > mainstream machine would make an easy BSD install. Compaq has never been a "mainstream machine" as far as (hardware) compatability is concerned. I have worked on these (*^^%))$%^(&^% for years, and they have some great features... esp. if your a dealer. ($$$$$). Woe to the end user who wants to run something other than MS-DOG/WINDOZE or WINDOZE95. The "standard answer" when trying to use a presario on a _REAL_ network is... "We don't support the presario on that network." Call em, tell them you want to put it on a Novell, UNIX, Banyan, or other similar network... See if I'm right on this :-) My best suggestion is gather all the hardware info you can, and try, try, try... If you purchased from a really good dealer, maybe he will take it back... If so, box it up, and get thee a clone. I do wish you luck, and if you manage to get it going, please write a howto or FAQ for others... Sincerely, Blaine Minazzi