From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 21:52:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA25096 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 21:52:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA25087 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 21:52:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA01485; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 21:50:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 21:50:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Steven Foster cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird install problem In-Reply-To: <9610050030.AA03850@futique.scs.unr.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Steven Foster wrote: > I am trying to install FBSD 2.1.5 from the Walnut Creek CDROM - > > onto a new system with NO IDE disk, using a 2.1 GB HP SCSI disk > and an NCR 810 SCSI controller ( ASUS SC-200 on ASUS motherboard > with NCR scsi bios onboard ) - and a scsi cdrom drive. > > During kernel boot ( either from a floppy OR from the "view" > or "install" files on CDROM subsequent to an initial DOS boot ) > the NCR controller IS probed, and the fixed disk and CDROM are > reported as being detected - > > BUT the install script reports that no disks are found as potential > targets! Try disabling the onboard IDE controller. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major