Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 14:30:20 -0700 From: jim ward <jward3@idt.net> To: felix@royal.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need help Badly. Message-ID: <33763A6C.3E72@idt.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970511174408.13104A-100000@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk>
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Aled Treharne wrote: > > On Sun, 11 May 1997, jim ward wrote: > > commander. i tried to install freebsd, and now my system can't recognise > > my hard drive. if i try to reinstall any operating system, it can't > > recognise my HD. if i try booting into dos, it wont work. i've tried > > every single possible BIOS setting and even reinstalling freeBSD. i've > > checked my connections on the inside of my computer and the hard drive is > > there and connected. so what could cause this? > > This happened to me once. I went mad trying to work out what went wrong. > My problem turned out to be a broken data cable. Looked fine, but > obviously there was something wrong with it. > To me it sounds like dodgy hardware, i.e. the controller, the cable (!) > or even the disk itself. Hope this helps. > > Aled Treharne felix@royal.net > "Big Bird meets Salvador Dali has been brought to you by the numbers L and > ), and by the letter 3." > For PGP Public key finger taff@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk > > #include(disclaim.h)ahh .. now all of a sudden im getting freebsd's boot manager, and it says it cant find "/" when i press "f1" (the only option) For freebsd.
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