Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:46:36 +0100 (BST) From: Anthony Barlow <tony@mail.warp.co.uk> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Message-ID: <199704210846.JAA11088@mail.warp.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970420232728.21515N-100000@localhost> from Doug White at "Apr 20, 97 11:28:10 pm"
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> On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Mark Corsi wrote: > > > I am fairly new to Unix in general and FreeBSD specifically. I fdisked my > > hard drive on a 486 box in order to make room for the FreeBSD installation. > > I created the boot floppy from the FreeBSD CD-ROM and rebooted the 486. I > > went through all the selections on the Novice installation and when it > > asked me where I was installing from I said CD_ROM. (I have a panasonic cd > > rom) Upon hitting enter, I received a return that the device was not > > supported. Now I can't get the system to recognize the drive at all. > > At the main screen, hit scroll-lock and use the up arrow to scroll up and > see if the wdc probe found your drive. If it didn't, consider moving it > onto the primary IDE controller in the slave position. I've been wondering how to do this for ages (scroll lock trick). Regards, Anthony
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