Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:37:07 -0800 From: "Nerius Landys" <nlandys@gmail.com> To: "David Larkin" <david.larkin@whitburncc.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] Message-ID: <560f92640801251437r3fd38d83xc7ec07841642fa05@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080125224807.233a2a14@sparrow> References: <20080125224807.233a2a14@sparrow>
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> However, when I reboot (without floppies) I still get the message > Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] > > and when I go into BIOS , it still doesn't detect the IDE disk. > > How do I format disk so BIOS recognises it ? I'm pretty sure this isn't a matter of what bits and bytes are on your hard disk. (It's not an issue of formatting.) Someone correct me if I'm wrong someone. It seems that the issue is a hardware issue. For example, try a different jumper configuration on the back of the physical hard drive. Also, there are probably two places on the IDE cable where you can plug in your hard drive. Try plugging your hard drive to the very end IDE connector (not the middle one) and try setting the hard drive jumper configuration to "master". This might help. Just an idea.
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