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Date:      Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:23:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To:        dskaberna@mmm.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990824122234.20420Z-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <199908240628.XAA04965@gilliam.users.flyingcroc.net>

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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 dskaberna@mmm.com wrote:

> 
> 
> Here's one for you techies out there:
> 
> I have a 500 Mhz Pentium III.  I have 128 mb Ram, and a Maxtor 17gb ultra
> IDE drive, and a Promise Ultra 66, ATA/66 PCI controller.  I have Windoze
> 98 as the primary OS, and wish to install FreeBSD as my sec. OS.  I
> partitioned my HD into two partitions:  8gb for Win and the remaining for
> Unix.  When I boot the Kernel, and it probes for my devices.  It does not
> find WD0 - my Hard Drive.  At the end of the probe, is lists the error
> something like this "isa_probe_'something'" and does not allow me to
> proceed through the installation any furthere.  It says that it could not
> locate my Hard Drive.
> 
> I think it has to be some sort of conflict.  I also have a DVD-ROM drive
> and a CD-RW drive.  I hope this is enough detail for you.  Let me know if
> you can think of anything.

I've found freebsd to be particularly sensative to incorrectly
jumpered IDE devices.  Make sure your master/slave is set properly.

-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@rush.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
Wintelcom systems administrator and programmer
   - http://www.wintelcom.net/ [bright@wintelcom.net]




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