Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 17:40:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Otter <otterr@telocity.com> To: DAve <dave@pixelhammer.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (off Topic)Two drives on primary controller Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007231738230.6446-100000@kashmir.telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <20000722220645.A1690@pixelhammer.com>
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you didn't bother to mention how big the new drives are. maybe they're too big for the old bios's to recognize them... i'm reaching, but it's the only thing i could come up with given the info you supplied. does it see them in your dmesg output and you just can't write to them? newfs will cure that. write back with more info and i'm sure others will jump in to help. -Otter On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, DAve wrote: > I currently am at a complete loss. I have been trying to add a second hard > drive to my fbsd boxes (plural!) I have a Gateway 2000 P90, a Dell Dimension > P100, and a noname with an AB-PX5 MB. > > I have tried to install a Quantum, Seagate, IBM, Fugitsu, and Western > Digital drive in each of them. I have bought new cables, changed cable > positions, changed jumpers (advised to TRY none/slave master/slave > master/none) according to the manufacturers website directions. > > I have tried LBA on/off were the bios allows, ignored the bios and let fbsd > find the drives, set the drive cyl,sec,etc according to the drive specs. > > Generally the bios never sees the drive, when the rare occurance of the bios > identifies the drive, the box hangs before it boots. > > I don't believe this is a fbsd problem as I never get far enough to do an > install. I'm not a complete idiot as I have several fbsd boxes running just > fine here and three development boxes at work that are doing just great. The > development boxes all have 3-4 scsi drives running, but the factory > installed them. > > I need some hand holding from someone who knows how IDE controllers and > drives work. I've had lots of 'try this' advice with no luck to date. All > the boxes were running Windows fine before but shipped with single drives. > The drives I have are both new/never used (fugitsu and WD) and used (Seagate > and Quantum) > > <whine> > I just want to add a drive, is that too much to ask? > </whine> > > Thanks, > > DAve..... remembering his mac days, slap it in, reboot, done. > > -- > > "On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions > who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting died" > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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