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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."
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> 
> #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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