Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:33:41 -0500 From: Nathan Williams <nathanw@nils.lib.il.us> To: "Cribbins, Jason" <Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com>, newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Hello! Message-ID: <3073B3378589D411B21600508BAF32AA01233C@EXCHANGE>
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First off, in order to access any of the motherboard setup, you need to install a separate Compaq setup program, which occupies its own 4MB partition on the hard drive. The address for that is here (I'm guessing your model is a 5100, as they had P100s): http://www6.compaq.com/support/files/desktops/us/locate/3_15.html#ROMPaqs%20 and%20System%20Software Nathan Williams nathanw@nils.lib.il.us > -----Original Message----- > From: Cribbins, Jason [SMTP:Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com] > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:22 PM > To: newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Hello! > > I have a strange problem that I cannot understand. I know this is long > winded but I wanted to put in as much detail as I can and to explain all > that I have tried . I have been working on this problem for 3 days solid > now. > > BACKGROUND: > I have a Compaq P100 I picked up for free and planned to use it as a new > BSD > server for misc tasks. It didn't take long (about 2 hours after install) > and I filled up the 520MB SCSI drive before I could add all the ports I > planned on using. It was so full I couldn't even run vi or ee anymore. I > then decided to bring over smallest drive I had (20GB) and install it with > the SCSI. I felt that since I never really got anything completely > installed that I would just reinstall from scratch via the FTP site. > > There was no IDE devices in the machine before now but I did have a CDROM > in > at one time for the initial 3.3BSD install about 2 months ago. I > installed > the HD as Primary and plugged it into the only IDE port on the > motherboard. > I booted on the boot disks created from the images on the ftp site and it > was able to see both the SCSI (da0s1) and IDE (ad0s1) drives. It allowed > me > to partition and make slices. I used full disks on both drives and used > the > 20GB IDE drive as / /var /usr/ /swap using default sizes and so on. I > mounted the 520MB as /tmp. > > The install went as one might expect downloading from the ftp and coping > to > the HD (so I thought) and went to then end where it asked me a few other > things like mfs, and root password. It eventually got to the point where > it > required a reboot but upon reboot the system counted memory and then > stated > NO OS FOUND. > > This happened no matter how I set up my slices and no matter how I > configured the drives. I tried with IDE only....with IDE and SCSI making > SCSI the root /var /usr and so on...with IDE and SCSI both using IDE as > root > /var /usr and so on. The only configuration seems to be SCSI alone and > that > is not enough space to do what I need. I attempted to use Win9x boot and > use fdisk but and it doesn't see the IDE drive either. > > QUESTIONS: > Now I realize there is no doubt this is a BIOS or HD issue here but how > was > it that the setup utility was able to see and install to the IDE drive and > when the OS tries to load on its own it is no longer able to access it? > What is it about the boot disk that makes it see the drive and how do I > set > the BSD install to make it visible as well? > > Also can someone tell me how to access bios in a Compaq P100 (unknown > model#) I have searched several of the manuals on models that came with > P!00 processors and they all state "F10 setup". But I have tried > everything > to do with F10 and cant get any access to bios settings. There is no bios > display as in other computers...no video card display either. Just a 1 > line > memory count which disappears after a few seconds. I also tried F2, CTRL > F2, DEL, ALT-F2, CTRL-S, CTRL-ALT-ESC and many random keys. I cant even > get > a keyboard error if I hold keys down during the bootup. Although I do get > Press F1 to continue if keyboard is disconnect...go figure! > > Any help is greatly appreciated! > > THANKS > Jason Cribbins > > reply to all is best since I may miss replies if only sent to the mailing > list > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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