Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:52:03 -0600 From: Quintin Riis <webmaster@countrypure.net> To: John Adams <jadams01@sprynet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out Message-ID: <4005ABF3.4010004@countrypure.net> In-Reply-To: <0EA66CC4-4634-11D8-97CC-000393C505EC@sprynet.com> References: <0EA66CC4-4634-11D8-97CC-000393C505EC@sprynet.com>
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See http://speecart.chg.ru/handbook/disks-bios-numbering.html Quintin John Adams wrote: > On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 06:57 PM, fbsd_user wrote: > >> Try this command to mount the cd drive. >> First load the 4.6 install cd in cd drive >> mount /cdrom >> cd /cdrom >> ls >> cd / >> umount /cdrom > > > Success! > >> look at the etc/fstab to see how cd drive is configured > > > Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass > /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 > >> Explain how you switch from booting winme to booting FBSD > > ================================================================ > I've yet to learn how to tell the bootloader to boot from the primary > drive, so I just change the order of the drives in BIOS. ================================================================= > >> Verify floppy drive works in winme. > > > And there's the answer--I believe this drive is dead. I recall it making > noises some time ago, and it must've gone over the edge. Fortunately, > Atlanta has some good stores--I've been wanting to pop down to the one > by Tech for a while now, and this is as good an excuse as any. > > This brings me back to the modem question. I can type in the entries > from ppp.conf and ppp.log--or I suppose I could try to learn to write to > the FAT partition elsewhere on this drive, which I'm not unwilling to do > (shouldn't be hard, which is what I thought about the modem.) > > Advice? And thanks again, > > John A > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > >
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