Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:02:43 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU Message-ID: <20050120100242.GA1451@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <885296200.20050120043027@wanadoo.fr> References: <1498696253.20050119202447@wanadoo.fr> <20050119194228.7248.qmail@web51004.mail.yahoo.com> <515597134.20050119211009@wanadoo.fr> <20050119202834.GA1041@gothmog.gr> <885296200.20050120043027@wanadoo.fr>
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On 2005-01-20 04:30, Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote: >Giorgos Keramidas writes: >> I've seen Windows machines "lose" CD-ROM or floppy drives, on >> perfectly working systems. You may find that booting the >> installation CD-ROM of some FreeBSD version locates the floppy >> drive just fine. > > The problem is external to Windows. The machine won't even boot > off a diskette. I see. I hadn't realized that, until I read the entire thread. > The floppy drive makes the usual noises as the BIOS goes through its > paces, but then the BIOS says that the diskette isn't there. It's > frustrating. The machine is so old and has been so reliable that I > don't remember much about configuring the BIOS, and I have no idea > where the documentation is now. It _seems_ like the diskette drive > may have a problem, but I'm not sure. This is likely too. Floppies have mechanical moving parts that are more prone to failure than other pieces of hardware. >> Your best choise may be to install by physically moving the disk to >> an other system. Then you can return the disk to the Vectra system >> and let it boot. > > No other systems available currently, alas. And this machine has > SCSI drives; the other machines have cheaper IDE or SATA drives. Hmmm, that could be a problem. Any chance of installing a SCSI controller to one of the other machines? :-)
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