Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:11:21 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: John Summerfield <summer@computerdatasafe.com.au> Subject: Re: Which disk is which Message-ID: <b2807d040408292241fa24fbc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200408301318.40078.summer@computerdatasafe.com.au> References: <200408301318.40078.summer@computerdatasafe.com.au>
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Read the handbook buddy, its clearly given there that ad = IDE/ATA da = SCSI 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" > -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India
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