Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 20:41:28 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Bill <bwoods2@uswest.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a REAL OLD system help please Message-ID: <39638158.439930B@i-clue.de> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007051043390.1655-100000@alpha.gplsucks.org>
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Bill wrote: > > I have been given a REAL OLD P100 w/32 megs memory, so I think cool, small > home lan mail server. Well I happen to have this 10gig ide hanging around, > that I am not useing,(eveyrthing else I have is SCSI) so I pop it in, > change BIOS to autodetect the HD and proceed to HD install. The partition > scheme is / is 400, /var is 2gig, /usr is 7gig and rest swap. Well, > anyway, the ftp install goes fine , I goto reboot and NADA, it starts to > boot and the spinner just stops.......wont boot for crap. > > I am almost positive its the 10 gig HD in it thaqts causing the > problem. Like I said its a old system, doesnt even have pci slots. I took > a look in BIOS tyo see if I could set the HD to LBA, no such luck. > > Now, I do have some software that I got with the drive, to make old > systems see large drives, Maxtor HD Max or something, but I am almost sure > that wont work with freebsd. > > So, any gurus have any suggestions for me on how to get this to work... If the BIOS doesn't know LBA: either replace the BIOS (means another main board), or replace the hard disk. Doesn't really help, sorry -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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