From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 27 08:28:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C052116A417 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:28:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8003313C442 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:28:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m0R8SA2n002494; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:28:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Wojciech Puchar" , Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:29:20 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20080127091318.U1438@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:28:12 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Whitehouse Subject: RE: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:28:13 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Wojciech Puchar > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 12:15 AM > To: illoai@gmail.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Chris Whitehouse > Subject: Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master > ... [Press F4 to skip] > > > > > > In any case, I suppose the OP could just use a floppy > > boot disk, like slackware's: > > > http://slackware.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware/is > olinux/sbootmgr/ > > http://tinyurl.com/2evgaa > > Which should bypass any (most) moronic bioses. > > > any. i use bootable CD for this. very easy to create, and you can fit > whole /boot easily. > FreeBSD can use any IDE drive on any IDE controller, This isn't true. FreeBSD cannot use the CMD640 controller, as that controller has a hardware bug that will corrupt the filesystem. Unfortunately that controller was popular on Pentium 75/90/100 motherboards. The old wd disk driver contained a workaround for this bug but the workaround was never carried forward into the ata driver. Ted