Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 23:46:48 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Frederick=20Johnson?= <frebhed@yahoo.com.au> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: Re: HDD disappiered Message-ID: <20030512134648.86073.qmail@web10501.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200305121252.h4CCq9SK001606@victory.webpartner.dk>
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I dont really think this is the right list to send these messages... I dont really know which list would be the best but I'm sure it wouldnt be hard to find out... checkout the mailing list descriptions (?) I dont really see how a failed download could cause the problems... I think its unlikely to be a freebsd problem if you cannot even boot from floppies... Fred > > My mainboard is a Soyo 5ema+ and i downloaded the 5empvca2.bin from > http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/selectresults.php?language=&col1=Motherboard&col2=33&col3=BIOS+Upgrade > ... I don\'t know if I can update with the rest, but I know for sure that the > BIOS before AND after couldn\'t find the hdd... Could it be because of a > missing mounting point??? > > thehidden > > ----- Forwarded message from CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu> ----- > > Why did you flash your BIOS? FreeBSD won\'t have caused this, but I reckon > that the flash did...Did you make a backup of your EEPROM before flashing the > > new one? If so, reflash with your old one and see if HD comes back. Then > check for a new BIOS (if a prob with BIOS, it would probably have already > been updated). Also, your BIOS download might have got corrupted...so try > downloading a fresh copy before trying to flash to new bios again... > > Anthony > > On Sunday 11 May 2003 11:09, thehidden@ztinkyfingaz.dk wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Here\\\'s an update on my installation: I sat in the ethernet nic and > > everything work fine. But then after booting over floppies and started > > downloading from an ftp, my machine started to act strangely. First, after > > downloading the binary files i started downloading the doc files. Then the > > download fell to 1,1 kb/s so i restarted it. Then after downloading > > approximatly 2,39 mb it just stopped downloading (and that\\\'s with every > > package I was downloading). So i canceled all downloads and restarted the > > application, but now it couldn\\\'t even find the hdd... I don\\\'t know > what I > > did wrong, but I flashed my bios, and still, not even bios finds the hdd... > > I\\\'ve checked if there where any unplugged cables but there weren\\\'t > (maybe > > I didn\\\'t check properly). The only thing bios finds is my cd and the > > flopy... What could I have done, and can anyone help... do I need to buy a > > new hdd now, or what? > > > > thehidden ===== worry is a missuse of imagination http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile.
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