Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 09:43:10 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: leec@adam.adonai.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Packard Bell? Message-ID: <199708040743.JAA02887@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <199708032306.QAA02728@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Aug 3, 97 04:06:12 pm"
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> > I asked about this a while ago and only got one reply from someone who > > was (politely) questioning the mental state of anyone who would purchase > > a pb machine. Okay, I was stupid. Now, has anyone put fbsd on a pb? I > > tried just doing an install, without success. It just hangs at various > > points (none of the 9 tries hung at the same spot) after all of the > > setup screens and fs work, while copying blocks of data from the cd. > > This question really belongs on -questions; however, if you posted it > there, you wouldn't have gotten me (a mixed blessing, I'm told). > > > You are likely running a CMD640B or otherwise buggy IDE controller > and using the primary for the hard disk and the secondary for the > CDROM. > > If the machine has two IDE controllers, put the CDROM on one and the > hard drive on the other. No, don't. You do have a CMD640b controller. Put the HD as master and the CDROM as slave on the primary channel. Have a look at the FAQ 3.21 and/or the HARDWARE.TXT on your CDROM. Hope this helps Wolfgang
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