From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 26 23:34:34 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E59E516A400 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:34:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aw1@stade.co.uk) Received: from lon-mail-1.gradwell.net (lon-mail-1.gradwell.net [193.111.201.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56E4E13C46B for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:34:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aw1@stade.co.uk) Received: from alsager-adsl.stade.co.uk ([81.6.222.119] helo=access2.hanley.stade.co.uk country=GB) by lon-mail-1.gradwell.net with esmtp (Gradwell gwh-smtpd 1.243) id 45ba8d20.dda6.3b0 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:22:08 +0000 (envelope-sender ) Received: from steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk (steerpike [192.168.1.10]) by access2.hanley.stade.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0QNM7wF043942 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:22:07 GMT (envelope-from aw1@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk) Received: from steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0QNM4Xu022235 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:22:04 GMT (envelope-from aw1@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk) Received: (from aw1@localhost) by steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l0QNM1pq022234 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:22:01 GMT (envelope-from aw1) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:22:01 +0000 From: Adrian Wontroba To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070126232200.GB21946@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Adrian Wontroba , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <45B3A409.40005@gmail.com> <45BA30CF.9070906@gmail.com> <45BA3868.2020200@gmail.com> <45BA44CE.90501@daleco.biz> <45BA81BD.9050007@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45BA81BD.9050007@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE Organization: Oh dear, I've joined one again. X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/2493/Fri Jan 26 12:00:46 2007 on access2.hanley.stade.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/2493/Fri Jan 26 12:00:46 2007 on steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: aw1@stade.co.uk List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:34:35 -0000 On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 11:33:33PM +0100, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > Yes that likely explains why the FreeBSD floppies dont work (but some linux > versions work). When I install FreeBSD on a machine with 512MB RAM, then > move the HDD, the BIOS boots with the "missing OS" error. Supposedly the > installation has set the some LBA things (which the newer system perfectly > supports). After the installation, how can I change that, before moving the > drive? The point has been made before in this thread, but you need to change the way the NEW machine accesses the drive FROM LBA to CHS BEFORE you install. Your new system supports LBA. The old one doesn't, and its view of the disk is very different. You must ensure that the disk "looks right" before installation. CHS addressing started to be a problem as soon as disks stopped actually having a fixed number of sectors per track. IDE drives circumvented it by lying to the BIOS about what they looked like. If you are really unlucky, you will have to choose a compatible pair of lies. -- Adrian Wontroba Bugs, pl. n.: Small living things that small living boys throw on small living girls.