Date: 06 Sep 96 09:16:53 EDT From: Paul Timson <100422.3102@CompuServe.COM> To: Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Help please Message-ID: <960906131653_100422.3102_JHU114-1@CompuServe.COM>
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Dear All, I've got my PC all setup nicely running Windows 3.1. I subscribed to FREEBSD thinking wouldn't it be great to run a proper Operating System on my PC.? I put the FREEBSD CD in my panasonic CD drive and its visible from windows. I can vcreate a boot floppy and boot successfully. However, thats as far as I get. The view screen says there are no CD drives and no SCSI disks!!! PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I'M GOING WRONG. Here's the config of the PC: Its a clone IBM using an INTEL 486 DX2 50 CPU, 8MB RAM, adaptec 1542B scsi controller, quantum lp240S SCSI disk, JAZZ16 (soundblaster compatible sound card) which also hosts the Panasonic CD-ROM. I have a standard serial/Parallel card which supports a 3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives. I use MSCDEX to make the CD visible. I hope you can suggest a solution as I've read all the FAQ's and bits and bobs I can find but noone has this problme. OH AND I'D BETTER JUST SAY THAT I OBTAINED THE PC SECOND HAND ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND HAVE NO MANUALS ON THE ADAPTEC CONTROLLER.....
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