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Date:      Fri, 4 Oct 1996 21:50:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Steven Foster <foster@futique.scs.unr.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Weird install problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961004215022.1372L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9610050030.AA03850@futique.scs.unr.edu>

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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




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