Fwd: Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-31 Thread Jud
e who > > > knows all this. > > > > > > I'm not, I don't. > > > > > > I have booted some other installers on this setup and find they do > > > provide more information than the bare OS-dependant name. > > > > > > I

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-31 Thread Jud
kground. Comments inline. > > > > John Summerfield wrote: > > > >> I've booted a 5.2.1 miniinstall CD and got to the point where I choose > >> which disk to install onto. > >> > >> My choices are > >> ad0 > >> da0 > >>

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-30 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Jerry McAllister wrote: > >>I've booted a 5.2.1 miniinstall CD and got to the point where I choose which > >>disk to install onto. > >> > >>My choices are > >>ad0 > >>da0 > >> > >>Great. How do I know which

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-30 Thread John
Jerry McAllister wrote: I've booted a 5.2.1 miniinstall CD and got to the point where I choose which disk to install onto. My choices are ad0 da0 Great. How do I know which disk is which? OK ad0 would be the first ide drive and da0 would be the first SCSI drive or maybe the first USB

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-30 Thread John
to install onto. My choices are ad0 da0 Great. How do I know which disk is which? _I_ could work it out if the panel displayed information such as Brand Capacity Read the *text* in the handbook. As an example, the following appears on the page that you linked in your recent crosspost to doc@:

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-30 Thread John
stall CD and got to the point where I choose which disk to install onto. My choices are ad0 da0 Great. How do I know which disk is which? _I_ could work it out if the panel displayed information such as Brand Capacity Note: DOS names would be worse than useless because I don't use DOS, and the BIOS

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-29 Thread Subhro
> > > > > > Regards > > S. > > > > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:18:39 +0800, John Summerfield > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I've booted a 5.2.1 miniinstall CD and got to the point where I choose which > >>disk

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-29 Thread Subhro
t; My choices are > ad0 > da0 > > Great. How do I know which disk is which? _I_ could work it out if the panel > displayed information such as > Brand > Capacity > > Note: DOS names would be worse than useless because I don't use DOS, and the > BIOS doesn'

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-29 Thread Juha Saarinen
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:18:39 +0800, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've booted a 5.2.1 miniinstall CD and got to the point where I choose which > disk to install onto. > > My choices are > ad0 > da0 > > Great. How do I know which disk is which?

Which disk is which

2004-08-29 Thread John Summerfield
I've booted a 5.2.1 miniinstall CD and got to the point where I choose which disk to install onto. My choices are ad0 da0 Great. How do I know which disk is which? _I_ could work it out if the panel displayed information such as Brand Capacity Note: DOS names would be worse than us