From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 5 18:54:44 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id SAA05643 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 18:54:44 -0800 Received: from lupine.nsi.nasa.gov (lupine.nsi.nasa.gov [198.116.2.100]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA05637 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 18:54:42 -0800 Received: (from mnewell@localhost) by lupine.nsi.nasa.gov (8.6.9/8.6.9) id VAA13958; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 21:53:32 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 21:53:28 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael C. Newell" To: raul@scs.leeds.ac.uk cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <23690.9502052257@csparc13.scs.leeds.ac.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 5 Feb 1995 raul@scs.leeds.ac.uk wrote: > I have two more quetsions about FreeBSD Unix: > 1) I have installed on my machine an IDE ST-506 and SONY CD-ROM. Is it possible > to install FreeBSD from this SONY CDROM into that HD? You need to make sure that your boot partition doesn't exceed 1024 cylinders; other than that, the IDE drive would work fine. BTW, are you SURE it's an ST-506? Weren't those Seagate's original 5Mb mamoth drives? As far as the CD-ROM is concerned, did you check the hardware FAQ? I think it lists almost all the supported hardware... Thanks, Mike +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein are | |NASA Science Internet Network Systems | my own, and do not necessarily | |Sterling Software, Inc. | reflect those of the NSI program, | |MNewell@nsipo.nasa.gov | Sterling Software, NASA, or anyone | |+1-202-434-8954 | else. | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+