Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:20:06 +0800 From: John <summer@cds.merseine.nu> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which disk is which Message-ID: <4132D526.2010007@cds.merseine.nu> In-Reply-To: <b2807d0404082923395551577b@mail.gmail.com> References: <200408301318.40078.summer@computerdatasafe.com.au> <b2807d040408292241fa24fbc@mail.gmail.com> <4132C51F.4090203@computerdatasafe.com.au> <b2807d0404082923395551577b@mail.gmail.com>
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Subhro wrote: >What do u mean by difference? > > That page does not mention da devices at all. >The device ad represents a IDE/ATA disk and the da device represents a >SCSI disk. As you have got one IDE hard disk and one SCSI hard disk in >your box, its showing up as ad0 and da0. But as you say that there is >no SCSI in that box, then something seems to be wrong. Check your BIOS >and disable any onboard SCSI controllers if present > > There are no SCSI controllers. It's your basic cheap Acer desktop Pentium III of a few years ago. As I said already, "I have no SCSI in this box." >Regards >S. > >On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:11:43 +0800, John <summer@computerdatasafe.com.au> wrote: > > >>Subhro wrote: >> >> >>>Read the handbook buddy, its clearly given there that >>> >>> >>There is no call for that rudeness. >> >>I'm looking at >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html >>figure 2-20 which explains lots of things, but not the difference >>between ad and da devices. >> >> >> >>>ad = IDE/ATA >>>da = SCSI >>> >>> >>I have no SCSI in this box. >> >> >> >> >> >>>Regards >>>S. >>> >>>On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:18:39 +0800, John Summerfield >>><summer@computerdatasafe.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I've booted a 5.2.1 miniinstall CD and got to the point where I choose which >>>>disk to install onto. >>>> >>>>My choices are >>>>ad0 >>>>da0 >>>> >>>>Great. How do I know which disk is which? _I_ could work it out if the panel >>>>displayed information such as >>>>Brand >>>>Capacity >>>> >>>>Note: DOS names would be worse than useless because I don't use DOS, and the >>>>BIOS doesn't detect all my drives. >>>> >>>>The website doesn't help. >>>> >>>>I'm not on any list. Please respond by >>>>a) Fixing the web page >>>>b) Mailing me the necessary info (eg the fixed page when it's done) in case I >>>>can't discover by other means which is which. >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > >
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