Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 23:04:46 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: James B Amy <jimamy@io.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD Installation Message-ID: <31F835CE.51F1@ime.net> References: <01BB6F78.B7630860@486-hot-rod.net4.io.org>
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James B Amy wrote: > > Greetings, > > I'm a recent purchaser of the FreeBSD 2.1 from Walnut Creek CD-ROM. It > turns out that installing FreeBSD is far more difficult and involved than I had > anticipated. I have a few questions I hope you can help me with. > > (I cannot make contact with supprt@cdrom.com.) > The best place for support is the FreeBSD-questions mailing list. questions@FreeBSD.org You'll notice that I have changed the CC to include the FreeBSD-questions list to help get you going in the right direction. > 1. On page 26 of the Running FreeBSD manual it says I need to jumper my > CD-ROM as a slave device. My CD is the only device on my secondary IDE > (ATAPI) interface and when I jumper it as a slave device the CD-ROM drivers > will not accept a slave without a master. In the process my CD-ROM drivers > defaulted back to real device drivers and I had to reload Windows 95 to get > the CD-ROM as well as my IDE Windows 95 drivers back. > Is it necessary to jumper the CD as a slave device and if so, how can I do > that without also having a master? > Put your CD on the primary controller as slave. like so: wd0: HD master CD slave wd1: HD master (If you have two HD's) > 2. The other issue I did not realize when I ordered FreeBSD is the need to > load it in a partition within the first 500 MB of disk space (or 1024 > cylinders). Is this always the case with EIDE drives? I am using a > Western Digital AC31200 1.2MB HD. > This is _not_ a FreeBSD limitation, It is a PC BIOS limitation. > 3. If I cannot get this to work, is there a satisfaction guaranteed as > there is with Linux Slackware? It seems to me Linux might be an easier > route to go, at least as far as installation goes. > Your choice! It is a Free country! I'll bet you'll be sorry though, IMHO FreeBSD is a much nicer OS. (Not to start a FreeBSD | Linux war) -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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