Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 10:53:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: David Lee <David.Lee.ddlee@nt.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IDE Hard Drives Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980204105216.15507N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <c=US%a=_%p=NT%l=BCARUA63-980203142143Z-4908@nrtpde0a.us.nt.com>
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On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, David Lee wrote: > I have a question about what IDE drive I can install FreeBSD on. I have > a hard drive on my primary master with MS-DOS 6.22/Windows 3.11 > installed, a CD-ROM on my primary slave and a hard drive on my secondary > master with Linux Red Hat 5.0 installed. I am wondering if FreeBSD > could be install on a hard drive which is the secondary slave? You can, but you'll have a heck of a time booting it since your BIOS only recognies the first two IDE disks for booting purposes. Using a smart boot selector should work for you though. > Also, can it be installed on a hard drive above cylinder 1024? Linux > claims that this may not work (as does FreeBSD), however it does work > just fine. Linux installs without complaining. The boot loader called > "LILO" installs with a warning, but seems to work just fine. Has this > been tried with FreeBSD? Also, is this a function of my BIOS? Yes it is a function of your BIOS. If Linux works then FreeBSD should too. > Another question ... about changing shells. What is the proper way to > change shells? I was using FreeBSD 2.2.2 and the command "chsh". I was > trying to change from csh to bash. However, after I changed shells, > none of the bash startup files seemed to work. My path was not properly > defined, now did my prompt work as it was supposed. You need to install bash first. > One more question. Is it worthwhile to upgrade to FreeBSD 2.2.5 from > 2.2.2? I found some things with 2.2.2 that I didn't like, such as the > documentation, and I was wondering whether the improvements are big > enough to warrant buying the new 2.2.5 CD's. Please let me know your > opinion. Yes, or wait for 2.2.6. 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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