Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 19:01:40 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: WolfRyder <wolfryder@qwest.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: need help installing freebsd Message-ID: <20030307170140.GL2094@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20030307075242.00a9e890@pop.omah.uswest.net> References: <000401c2e41f$dd423ce0$4b944094@mooeymachine> <5.1.0.14.2.20030307075242.00a9e890@pop.omah.uswest.net>
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On 2003-03-07 08:03, WolfRyder <wolfryder@qwest.net> wrote: > At 02:34 PM 3/6/03 -0600, scott mcclellan wrote: >> I wasn't able to get the computer to recognize the CD-ROM. Found >> out through your site that a great number of units get installed as >> the slave of the Secondary IDE (mine was, much to my dismay). I've >> since corrected that problem, I think. FreeBSD is more picky about cabling and master/slave setup of devices than other operating systems (like, for instance, the one from Redmond). Putting a CDROM as a slave without a master on the secondary IDE cable is a very common 'mistake' when trying to boot the installer of FreeBSD. Fixing the jumpers on the offending device, be it a disk or a CDROM or anything else, usually makes things a lot better :) > I had the same problem and thought I'd fixed it in setup. Had to > fiddle with it a few times. Then, installing on a Maxtor HD, I > tried the install a few times and it screwed up royally. [...] > btw, I now have 2 machines running smoothly with FreeBSD, thanks to > the help from this list and a few other sources :) Cool. That's the spirit! Patience, when dealing with a new operating system, which is radically different from what one has dealt with until now, really *is* a virtue. - Giorgos PS: Carol, I no longer have the address of Scott in my -chat folder, and you haven't Cc:'d the reply to him. If you think that he might miss this reply can you check your Outbox and forward this message to his address? PS.2: This is one of the reasons why it's a good idea to Cc: the original sender when posting a reply to a list :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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