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Date:      Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:26:20 +0000
From:      David Larkin <david.larkin@whitburncc.org.uk>
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:  <20080125232620.4098b5a9@sparrow>
In-Reply-To: <20080125224807.233a2a14@sparrow>
References:  <20080125224807.233a2a14@sparrow>

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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:48:07 +0000
David Larkin <david.larkin@whitburncc.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> 
> I'm trying to  install FreeBSD  6.3 on an old PC.
> 
> I have  bought a  new Maxtor DiamondMax 80Gig  disk,  to replace the old  one. I will have only one disk in the PC.
> 
> I am  looking to build using boot floppies and FTP.
> 
> There  is  no CD  drive on  the PC.
> 
> When I turn the PC on the BIOS hangs with the message
>  Detecting  IDE  Primary  Master ...  [Press F4 to skip]
> 
> However, by holding down  F4, I was able to boot using the floppies
> boot.flp , kern1.flp , kern2.flp & kern3.flp
> 
> This detected disk and I selected standard configuration, and the FTP installation all went to plan.
> 
> I got message saying installation was successful and I added users and set root password.
> 
> 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 read something about using DOS fdisk , but I haven't got DOS floppies.
> 
> Can I format disk using boot or fixit floppies ?
> 
> Thanks

Some further info ...

>From sysinstall, I  did Configure  --> Fdisk

It shows

Disk name : ad0
|Disk Geom:  9729 cyls/255  heads/63 sectors = 156296385 sectors(76316MB)

Offset     Size        END           Name  Ptype  Desc    Subtype Flags
     0     63          62            -     12     unused   0
    63     156296322   156296384     ad0s1 8     freebsd   165
156296385  5103        156301487     -     12    unused    0


hope this helps




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