From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 19:36:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA29755 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:36:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA29750 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:36:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA10675; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:36:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:36:25 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Kevin Ivarsen cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't install freebsd In-Reply-To: <32913F95.44EA@avalon.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Kevin Ivarsen wrote: > Hello. I am trying to install freebsd. I used RAWRITE to get the > boot.flp image on a disk, but when it boots it only detects my first > hard drive. My second is a western digital, but it can't find it so it > uses default values, (a whole 17 clusters!). Anyway, I get into the > install program, but when I'm making the partitions it won't let me make > one on that hard drive. I even set the geometry to the disk to the > correct values, and it still won't do anything. (It has an unused > partition with the 17 clusters, but I can't do anything to that, nor can > I make another partition. It doesn't seem to be reading the new disk > geometry). If anyone can help me I'd greatly appreciate it. It's unusual that it's not detected. What comes up during the wd/ide controller probes? (Use scroll-lock and the arrow keys to scroll back from the main menu) It sounds like something is wrong with your other WD or is configured incorrectly. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major