From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 30 23:54:25 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 7B11716A4CE for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:54:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 025AA43D39 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:54:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i7UNsJM11961; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:54:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200408302354.i7UNsJM11961@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: summer@computerdatasafe.com.au (John) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:54:18 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4133A376.1010904@computerdatasafe.com.au> from "John" at Aug 31, 2004 06:00:22 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 23:54:25 -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 > > > > >>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