Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:48:31 +0100 From: deeptech71@gmail.com To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? Message-ID: <45BAAF6F.8000600@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070126232200.GB21946@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk> References: <45B3A409.40005@gmail.com> <45BA30CF.9070906@gmail.com> <45BA3868.2020200@gmail.com> <45BA44CE.90501@daleco.biz> <45BA81BD.9050007@gmail.com> <20070126232200.GB21946@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk>
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Adrian Wontroba wrote: > The point has been made before in this thread, but you need to change > the way the NEW machine accesses the drive FROM LBA to CHS BEFORE you > install. > > Your new system supports LBA. The old one doesn't, and its view of the > disk is very different. You must ensure that the disk "looks right" > before installation. > > CHS addressing started to be a problem as soon as disks stopped actually > having a fixed number of sectors per track. IDE drives circumvented it > by lying to the BIOS about what they looked like. If you are really > unlucky, you will have to choose a compatible pair of lies. > So I've tried disabling LBA mode for that HDD, but the results are the same: "missing operating system"
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