RE: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-27 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wojciech Puchar > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 12:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Chris Whitehouse > Subject: Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD :

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
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

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 25/01/2008, Chris Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nerius Landys wrote: > > > > > > The earler comment about the disk being too big might be the issue. Update > > the motherboard's BIOS to the latest revision. You may have to do some > > digging to find this for an old motherboard. Tel

RE: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ...[Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-26 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nerius Landys > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:04 PM > To: Chris Whitehouse > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Prima

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-26 Thread Nerius Landys
> Some motherboards had an upper limit on hard disk size which I think was > 32gb. Some drives have a jumper to limit the apparent size to 32gb (if > that was the size). > > Also I no longer have hardware to test this on but if it is a BIOS > problem I believe if you could put the hard disk in a ne

RE: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-26 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris > Whitehouse > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:14 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master &g

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-26 Thread Wayne Sierke
David, On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 00:48 +, David Larkin wrote: > It is a fairly old machine I am trying to use. > One that has been switched off and gathering dust for some time. > > ROM PCI/ISA BIOS 2A5LHL1A > > Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG, AnEnergy Star Ally > Copyright(c) 1984-99 Award

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Nerius Landys wrote: The earler comment about the disk being too big might be the issue. Update the motherboard's BIOS to the latest revision. You may have to do some digging to find this for an old motherboard. Tell us if that helps. ___ Some mo

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 12:48:26AM +, David Larkin wrote: > It is a fairly old machine I am trying to use. > One that has been switched off and gathering dust for some time. > > ROM PCI/ISA BIOS 2A5LHL1A > > Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG, AnEnergy Star Ally > Copyright(c) 1984-99 Award

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:48:07PM +, David Larkin wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.3 on an old PC. > > I have bought a new Maxtor DiamondMax 80Gig disk, to replace the old > one. I will have only one disk in the PC. > > I am looking to build using boot floppie

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread Nerius Landys
It is a fairly old machine I am trying to use. > One that has been switched off and gathering dust for some time. > > ROM PCI/ISA BIOS 2A5LHL1A > > Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG, AnEnergy Star Ally > Copyright(c) 1984-99 Award Software, Inc. > > I've never updated a BIOS before and it sounds a

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread David Larkin
It is a fairly old machine I am trying to use. One that has been switched off and gathering dust for some time. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS 2A5LHL1A Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG, AnEnergy Star Ally Copyright(c) 1984-99 Award Software, Inc. I've never updated a BIOS before and it sounds a bit scarey.

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread Nerius Landys
> > > correct me if I'm wrong > > someone. It seems that the issue is a hardware issue. For example, try > a > > different jumper configuration on the back of the physical hard drive. > > Also, there are probably two places on the IDE cable where you can plug > in > > your hard drive. Try plugg

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread David Larkin
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:37:07 -0800 "Nerius Landys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > correct me if I'm wrong > someone. It seems that the issue is a hardware issue. For example, try a > different jumper configuration on the back of the physical hard drive. > Also, there are probably two places on th

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread Peter
iH, Sounds to me like the BIOS doesn't see the disk at all; disk too big for bios? I remember having to "boot" [manager] from an old HD with the actual OS on a new big HD that the bios would not see/boot from. formatting does not matter as bios does not see the disk anyways. I'd look into a cont

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread David Larkin
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:48:07 + David Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.3 on an old PC. > > I have bought a new Maxtor DiamondMax 80Gig disk, to replace the old > one. I will have only one disk in the PC. > > I am looking to build using

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nerius Landys wrote: >> However, when I reboot (without floppies) I still get the message >>> Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] >>> >>> and when I go into BIOS , it still doesn't detect the IDE disk. >>> >>> How do I format disk

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread Nerius Landys
> > However, when I reboot (without floppies) I still get the message > > Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] > > > > and when I go into BIOS , it still doesn't detect the IDE disk. > > > > How do I format disk so BIOS recognises it ? > > > I'm pretty sure this isn't a matter

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread Nerius Landys
> However, when I reboot (without floppies) I still get the message > Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] > > and when I go into BIOS , it still doesn't detect the IDE disk. > > How do I format disk so BIOS recognises it ? I'm pretty sure this isn't a matter of what bits an

formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

2008-01-25 Thread David Larkin
Hi Guys, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.3 on an old PC. I have bought a new Maxtor DiamondMax 80Gig disk, to replace the old one. I will have only one disk in the PC. I am looking to build using boot floppies and FTP. There is no CD drive on the PC. When I turn the PC on the BIOS