From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 21 14:09:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24494 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 14:09:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA24466 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 21:09:33 GMT (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA04428; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 14:09:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 14:09:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Ian O'Friel" cc: Greg Lehey , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: This question isn't urgent...... In-Reply-To: <005f01bd6d63$ed580340$26f14ac2@metallica> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There's more in -questions than just Greg. :-) On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Ian O'Friel wrote: > I have 3 computers, 1 for mucking about with, it saves me fiddling > unnecesarily with the other 2. One of them is the Compaq Presario 2110 > that I currently have FreeBSD running on because it is the only computer > using FAT16.... (usually anyway) The other is a Mitsibushi Apricot, I > decided to try and install FreeBSD on an old drive which I had lying > about as I always do, bits of PC' here, there and everywhere. The drive > is a measly 327Mb, the Primary drive is a 2Gb drive but runs on FAT32. OK. > When I tried installing FreeBSD on the Compaq It worked no problem, it > has 32Mb RAM and an 8x CD-ROM. When I tried installing on the Apricot > which has 48Mb RAM and a 24x CD-ROM it start OK when booting from floppy > but after setting up the partition info on the drives it tells me it > can't find the CD-ROM drive, it is either unsupported or not > present...... I think it's a 'Vuego 24x MAX' It won't install over a DOS > Partition either because of the FAT32. Check that the drive is set up correctly as a master or slave. Also try setting up a slave position on the primary controller. > Help Me.... I decided this would solve the problem with X-Windows not > working because it has an ATI 3D Rage II card which is compatible with > Mach64 (It based on the Mach64 actually) and I know the Mach64 is > supported by FreeBSD..... What problem are you having? > P.S I will CC this to FreeBSD-Newbies as well No, Auntie Sue will have your hide if you tried that. -questions is the correct forum. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message