Fwd: Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-31 Thread Jud
It seems we have a volunteer. ;-) Devon forgot to cc the list and has asked me to forward this. I snipped a bit near the beginning (hope that's OK with you, Devon). Jud On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:42:03 +0200, "Devon H. O'Dell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Jud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled: > > On T

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-31 Thread Jud
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 05:55:47 +0800, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > > Hi, John ... > > > > As you cc'ed doc@, I'm sending your original mail to them > > also, so they'll have some background. Comments inline. > > > > John Summerfield wrote: > > > >> I'v

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 disk is which? > > > > > > OK ad0 would be the first ide drive and da0 would be th

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 drive. T

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-30 Thread John
Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: Hi, John ... As you cc'ed doc@, I'm sending your original mail to them also, so they'll have some background. 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 choice

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-30 Thread John
Subhro wrote: What do u mean by difference? That page does not mention da devices at all. The device ad represents a IDE/ATA disk and the da device represents a SCSI disk. As you have got one IDE hard disk and one SCSI hard disk in your box, its showing up as ad0 and da0. But as you say that the

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-29 Thread Subhro
What do u mean by difference? The device ad represents a IDE/ATA disk and the da device represents a SCSI disk. As you have got one IDE hard disk and one SCSI hard disk in your box, its showing up as ad0 and da0. But as you say that there is no SCSI in that box, then something seems to be wrong. C

Re: Which disk is which

2004-08-29 Thread Subhro
Read the handbook buddy, its clearly given there that ad = IDE/ATA da = SCSI 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 to install onto. > > My choices are > ad0

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? _I_ could work it out if the panel >