Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:49:54 -0600 From: Brett J McLain <bjm336@mail.usask.ca> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't find my hard drive Message-ID: <4511B782.8050702@mail.usask.ca> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060920164122.0212fe50@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <2857701.1158784933804.JavaMail.bjm336@mail.usask.ca> <6.0.0.22.2.20060920164122.0212fe50@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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Er yeah sorry, I mean BIOS not registry haha. It shows up fine...when I tried unplugging my main 80gb drive, I tried booting twice to the other drive and it would just sit there after attempting to detect DMI settings or some such other thing. I found it odd because I expected an "Operating System Not Found" error. -Brett Derek Ragona wrote: > Does the second drive show up correctly in your BIOS? Or are you > using a device driver to use the drive with windows? > > -Derek > > > At 03:42 PM 9/20/2006, Brett McLain wrote: >> Hi, i've got a Windows XP pro computer with two drives. Ones a 80gb >> western digital raptor, and the other is a 7200.10 seagate 320gb drive. >> The 320 gb drive has two partitions....one thats 29.5 gb and is in >> fat32 mode (i'm hoping to use it for freebsd) and then the rest is for >> my media. My boot and copy of xp are on the raptor. I'm trying to >> install freebsd 6.1 release but its not seeing my other drive (i don't >> think?) all I can see at the install screen is my raptor drive. I even >> tried unplugging my main raptor drive and installing to the seagate, >> but it says no drives found. It discovers it in the registry and >> stuff....anyone have some ideas? >> >> -Brett McLain >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. >
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