Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:54:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: summer@computerdatasafe.com.au (John) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which disk is which Message-ID: <200408302354.i7UNsJM11961@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4133A376.1010904@computerdatasafe.com.au> from "John" at Aug 31, 2004 06:00:22 AM
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> > 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 > > > > >>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. It is the standard FreeBSD and other Freeware/open source suggestion. Since it is all done by volunteers, if you find something that needs improving, you are the first in line to do it. > 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. Live and learn. Newbie questions are welcome/encouraged, but remember you are getting help from those who doing it out of their own sense of community and support for the FreeBSD philosophy, not paid consultants. ////jerry
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