Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:14:48 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Subject: Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] Message-ID: <20080127091318.U1438@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0801262334w2862019br72ebd9cfbc39372a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080125224807.233a2a14@sparrow> <560f92640801251437r3fd38d83xc7ec07841642fa05@mail.gmail.com> <20080125234146.083449bd@sparrow> <560f92640801251505q39b178feh6aa51424c0dff13c@mail.gmail.com> <479A896C.2010001@onetel.com> <d7195cff0801262334w2862019br72ebd9cfbc39372a@mail.gmail.com>
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> > In any case, I suppose the OP could just use a floppy > boot disk, like slackware's: > http://slackware.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware/isolinux/sbootmgr/ > http://tinyurl.com/2evgaa > Which should bypass any (most) moronic bioses. > any. i use bootable CD for this. very easy to create, and you can fit whole /boot easily. FreeBSD can use any IDE drive on any IDE controller, including 500GB drive on ISA 486, that's all just BIOS problems.
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