From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 30 22:00:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5977116A4CF for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:00:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vscan02.westnet.com.au (vscan02.westnet.com.au [203.10.1.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 132D343D39 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:00:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from summer@computerdatasafe.com.au) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CDFC11874A for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 06:00:24 +0800 (WST) Received: from ns.computerdatasafe.com.au (dip-220-235-39-167.wa.westnet.com.au [220.235.39.167]) by vscan02.westnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C1911828D for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 06:00:23 +0800 (WST) Received: from computerdatasafe.com.au (Dolphin.demo.room [192.168.9.114]) by ns.computerdatasafe.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3EE45382D for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 06:00:22 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: <4133A376.1010904@computerdatasafe.com.au> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 06:00:22 +0800 From: John User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040306) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200408301432.i7UEWGK08878@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200408301432.i7UEWGK08878@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which disk is which X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:00:28 -0000 Jerry McAllister 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. > Thanks Jerry > >> _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. I'm new to FreeBSD and this is my first look at it. I think your suggestion a little tacky. I'm sorry that you felt I was giving orders, that was not my intent. In my defence though, as I said in another post, thought I was talking directly to someone responsible for the content, and explaining that I find that content confusing.