Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 01:30:17 -0800 From: Ryan Merrick <sandshirmp@comcast.net> To: Ben Koopmanschap <koopmanschap@home.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "No disks found!" in Sysinstall despite of supported IDE Controller Message-ID: <40162FA9.9010003@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20040126200501.GA517@topjaklont.mydomain.org> References: <20040126200501.GA517@topjaklont.mydomain.org>
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Ben Koopmanschap wrote: > Hello Everybody! > > I have a Pentium 4 2,66 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB UDMA HardDisk which in > Linux is recognized to have a Intel 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller > (IDE). For more details about the chipset and other things, one can > eventually visit: > > http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d845gbv/matrix.htm > > (please see the right column). > > On my Hard Disk I have the following partition scheme: > > 1st primary partition --> Fedora Core 1 (Linux) > 2nd primary partition --> Swap Partition > 3rd primary partition --> Linux From Scratch > 4th partition --> extended partition > 5th logical partition --> Swap > 6th logical partition --> Linux From Scratch (for experimental purposes) > 7th logical partition --> Swap > 8th logical partition --> Linux From Scratch (for experimental purposes > either) > 9th logical partition --> Swap > > I am bothering you with this scheme because I'm not quite sure it has to > do with my problem, but maybe the information will help you to assist > me.;) > > AFAIK, my hardware is supported by FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.2. > > I downloaded the iso's of both the releases of FreeBSD (4.9 and 5.2), > burnt them on CD-ROM and tried to install a FreeBSD on my system. > > Unfortunately, with both releases I totally get stuck when I in > Sysinstall choose for "Begin a standard installation.." After Sysintall > said to me it is going to try to find my hard disk, I get the error > message: > > "No disks found! ..." (followed by the message that I have to check if > my storage controller was properly been probed by the kernel). After > several attempts and having seen the kernel coming up, I ensured myself > that the kernel probed my controller properly. Though my hard disk is > not recognized! > > Of course I have tried to enable/disable several drivers in the kernel > configuration menu (which I only was able to with the 4.9 - release), > but none of all tried combinations did work. > > I start to get a little desperate now, so I hope very hopefully that > someone on this list can point me in the right direction. > > Thanks anyway for your attention! > > With regards, > > Ben Koopmanschap > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi, Your problem is that all 4 of your bootable partitions are used on linux. -- -Ryan Merrick sandshrimp@comcast.net
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