Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:03:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.mv.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEC 6235CD Notebook Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970416170211.12317H-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199704141950.PAA00636@snoopy.mv.com>
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On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Paul F. Werkowski wrote: > I am trying install FreeBSD on subject hardware and > having a bit of a problem getting going. I can boot > the 2.1.6 boot floppy and all seems well until I > get into the partition editor -- well not really all > well as there seems to be some "wd3" errors on the > F2 screen. The partition editor doesn't seem to get > the bios geometry right (supposedly 2796/16/63) > although it lets me change it. Then when I use C > to create a partition a menu pops up wanting the > partition type and the box is totally dead at that point. What is wd3? A misdetected CDROM? Hit <scroll lock> at the main menu and see what's reported for the wdc/wd probes. wd0 should be the system hard drive. > Is this NEC a no-win? The IDE controller is listed as > OPTI Dual PCI. Sounds like the OPTI has a different idea of IDE compatibility than the rest of the world. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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