From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 25 12:42:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA25491 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:42:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA25481 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:42:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA17561; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:42:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:42:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Jay L. West" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP! Install woes on ESDI drive. In-Reply-To: <01bcf69f$b7e36fa0$0c01a8c0@ws2.tse.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Jay L. West wrote: > I'm installing FreeBSD 2.2.5 Release. Made the boot floppy and > used it to install a machine from CD-ROM distribution. All went > fine, so I know the boot floppy is ok. Now, I'm trying to install via > ftp onto a different machine with the following configuration: > > Dell 386/DX33. 8mb Ram. Two NE2000 compatible ethernet > cards. Adaptec 2322D ESDI disk/floppy controller. Maxtor > ESDI XT-4380E hard drive. > > During initial installation, I get the message: > /mnt/dev/wd0s1f on /mnt/usr Invalid argument There is an ESDI installation guide in the Handbook in the section `hardware compatibility'. That or do a search on ESDI in http://www.freebsd.org/. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major