Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 12:34:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> To: Andre` Niel Cameron <AndreC@Axxs.net> Cc: <bob@area.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: question from a linux newbie Message-ID: <20010926123332.N65025-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <06ce01c146b3$6f1e6dc0$a50410ac@olmct.net>
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Did you do the bios adjust thing, to try and detect it, or did you not change the disk's arrangement physically? Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success = Preparation + Opportunity On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Andre` Niel Cameron wrote: > Hi, > > 1)Windows needs a dos pertition before it can see the drive. Thats why you > are having problems with windows. > > 2)Test the CD in another drive. Make sure its bootable. > Regards, > Andre` C. > Technical Support > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Visit our support manual at http://supportmanual.com/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bob@area.com> > To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:33 PM > Subject: question from a linux newbie > > > > Hi > > I have a 6.4Gb Quantum bigfoot CY type drive that has RedHat 2.0 on it > > and I had planned to reformat it to use half of it for Windoz98 and half > for Freebsd - so far so good, however the microsloth tool 'fdisk' sez 'no > disk present' Thats krazie, the disk works for linux but windoz can't even > see it! > > Is there any hope of fixing this? > > > > Alzo, the system I'm playing with has a HP9100 type CD ROM dirve and my > original RedHat 2.0 boot CD will boot on this machine, but the FREEBSD (disk > dated Nov2000 ) will not boot .... gremlinz or? ... is it bad black magic? > > what could be going on here? > > Please enlighten me > > & Thanks > > B0b > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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