Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 you can fit whole /boot easily. FreeBSD can use any IDE drive on any IDE controller, including 500GB drive on ISA 486, that's all just BIOS problems. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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-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 : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] 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/is olinux/sbootmgr/ http://tinyurl.com/2evgaa Which should bypass any (most) moronic bioses. any. i use bootable CD for this. very easy to create, and you can fit whole /boot easily. FreeBSD can use any IDE drive on any IDE controller, This isn't true. FreeBSD cannot use the CMD640 controller, as that controller has a hardware bug that will corrupt the filesystem. Unfortunately that controller was popular on Pentium 75/90/100 motherboards. The old wd disk driver contained a workaround for this bug but the workaround was never carried forward into the ata driver. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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 Software, Inc. That bios description looks terribly familiar. I've never updated a BIOS before and it sounds a bit scarey. Well, the first step is to see if there's even one available. You might well find the machine already has the latest available (manufacturer's) bios. I guess I'll just overwrite an old 10Gig disk with FreeBSD 4.3 on instead. I don't really need the extra space but thought it would be sensible to install on a new disk. Probably stick the new disk on ebay ;-) Well, depends what you want to do with the machine. Chances are you'll find that you're going to want that extra space soon enough. Plus there's no telling how much life is left in that old 10 Gigger - not that there's any guarantee your new one won't fail, either. Such is life. Having two physical drives can be useful in a number of circumstances, too. I posted some years back about difficulties I was having getting a bios to recognise a large hdd's geometry. Yes, here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-April/002301.html Note the part about setting the heads to 15 in the bios. That is, disable the auto-detect-on-boot and set the geometry manually. Good luck. Wayne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
-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 ... [Press F4 to skip] 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 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). There have been lots of different limits through the years. The 32GB limit was an Award bios thing. You can read about them here: http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/hard_drive_size_barriers.htm What the original poster needs to do is go and buy a used Promise or other UDMA controller card, insert the card in his PC, turn off the disk controller in BIOS, and use his 80GB disk. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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 newer machine for the install it would then boot in the older machine as FreeBSD accesses the disk directly, not through the BIOS. When he puts that big hard drive back in the old computer, he still won't be able to boot because to boot the BIOS reads the MBR on the hard disk and passes control to that program. If BIOS can't recognize the disk, there is no possibility of booting. The initial stages of booting happen based on data on the hard disk. This is a chicken and egg problem. It boils down to the fact that BIOS needs to recognize the hard disk to be able to boot it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ...[Press F4 to skip]
-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 Primary Master ...[Press F4 to skip] 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 newer machine for the install it would then boot in the older machine as FreeBSD accesses the disk directly, not through the BIOS. When he puts that big hard drive back in the old computer, he still won't be able to boot because to boot the BIOS reads the MBR on the hard disk and passes control to that program. All BIOS code is written to check for firmware at locations c000: through c789: during bootup - this is where add-in cards like the Promise card that I indicated he should use, have their firmware. When the CPU transfers control to that firmware, it can overwrite BIOS parameters to allow booting to occur off the hard disk on the add-in card. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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. Tell us if that helps. ___ 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 newer machine for the install it would then boot in the older machine as FreeBSD accesses the disk directly, not through the BIOS. Anecdotally, I have an old hp e-server that will not see IDE drives larger than something like 8G. I let the bios autodetect to the wrong value, and it booted just fine and once FreBSD was running the whole 20G drive was perfectly visible and functional. 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. -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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. I guess I'll just overwrite an old 10Gig disk with FreeBSD 4.3 on instead. I don't really need the extra space but thought it would be sensible to install on a new disk. Probably stick the new disk on ebay ;-) 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 controller, or update firmware. ]Peter[ 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 boot floppies and FTP. There is no CD drive on the PC. When I turn the PC on the BIOS hangs with the message Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] However, by holding down F4, I was able to boot using the floppies boot.flp , kern1.flp , kern2.flp kern3.flp This detected disk and I selected standard configuration, and the FTP installation all went to plan. I got message saying installation was successful and I added users and set root password. 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 read something about using DOS fdisk , but I haven't got DOS floppies. Can I format disk using boot or fixit floppies ? Thanks Some further info ... From sysinstall, I did Configure -- Fdisk It shows Disk name : ad0 |Disk Geom: 9729 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 156296385 sectors(76316MB) Offset SizeEND Name Ptype DescSubtype Flags 0 63 62- 12 unused 0 63 156296322 156296384 ad0s1 8 freebsd 165 156296385 5103156301487 - 12unused0 hope this helps ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 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 newer machine for the install it would then boot in the older machine as FreeBSD accesses the disk directly, not through the BIOS. Chris freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 Software, Inc. I've never updated a BIOS before and it sounds a bit scarey. I guess I'll just overwrite an old 10Gig disk with FreeBSD 4.3 on instead. I don't really need the extra space but thought it would be sensible to install on a new disk. Probably stick the new disk on ebay ;-) How about sticking the new disk in as a second drive to contain all your data - maybe mounted as /home?? jerry 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 controller, or update firmware. ]Peter[ 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 boot floppies and FTP. There is no CD drive on the PC. When I turn the PC on the BIOS hangs with the message Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] However, by holding down F4, I was able to boot using the floppies boot.flp , kern1.flp , kern2.flp kern3.flp This detected disk and I selected standard configuration, and the FTP installation all went to plan. I got message saying installation was successful and I added users and set root password. 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 read something about using DOS fdisk , but I haven't got DOS floppies. Can I format disk using boot or fixit floppies ? Thanks Some further info ... From sysinstall, I did Configure -- Fdisk It shows Disk name : ad0 |Disk Geom: 9729 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 156296385 sectors(76316MB) Offset SizeEND Name Ptype DescSubtype Flags 0 63 62- 12 unused 0 63 156296322 156296384 ad0s1 8 freebsd 165 156296385 5103156301487 - 12unused0 hope this helps ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 floppies and FTP. There is no CD drive on the PC. When I turn the PC on the BIOS hangs with the message Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] However, by holding down F4, I was able to boot using the floppies boot.flp , kern1.flp , kern2.flp kern3.flp This detected disk and I selected standard configuration, and the FTP installation all went to plan. I got message saying installation was successful and I added users and set root password. 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 read something about using DOS fdisk , but I haven't got DOS floppies. Can I format disk using boot or fixit floppies ? I don't think that message comes from FreeBSD. This sounds more like a BIOS issue than a disk format problem. The only exception would be if no MBR was written, but then it would give different messages - something about no OS or boot device. Try going in to your BIOS and checking boot order and such. You want it to be floppy first and then CD (if you had one) and then the hard disk[s]. You could boot up and run the fixit floppy and just look at the disk with fdisk. Just do 'fdisk ad0' and see if it gives reasonable values for the drive and the slice you created for FreeBSD. Make sure the slice is marked to be bootable. Then look at that slice with bsdlabel 'bsdlabel ad0s1' and see if it sees partitions in that slice. If so, the disk is probably just fine. If the BIOS is old, it might be something like the disk being too big for it or having some thing about it the BIOS doesn't recognize. In that case you need to upgrade the BIOS. jerry Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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. I guess I'll just overwrite an old 10Gig disk with FreeBSD 4.3 on instead. I don't really need the extra space but thought it would be sensible to install on a new disk. Probably stick the new disk on ebay ;-) Maybe this will offer encouragement. I have an Abit BH6 motherboard; it was made before 1999. (IIRC the board had a similar big disk problem that was fixed after a BIOS update.) I updated the BIOS by going to Abit's international website and following links for drivers/BIOS. It's not that tough once you find information and instructions. You'll need a floppy and maybe a Windows machine from which to make the floppy. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 the IDE cable where you can plug in your hard drive. Try plugging your hard drive to the very end IDE connector (not the middle one) and try setting the hard drive jumper configuration to master. This might help. Just an idea. Thanks for the suggestions The jumper leads are set to Mater with no slave I have tried using the other IDE conector, but it makes no difference ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 boot floppies and FTP. There is no CD drive on the PC. When I turn the PC on the BIOS hangs with the message Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] However, by holding down F4, I was able to boot using the floppies boot.flp , kern1.flp , kern2.flp kern3.flp This detected disk and I selected standard configuration, and the FTP installation all went to plan. I got message saying installation was successful and I added users and set root password. 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 read something about using DOS fdisk , but I haven't got DOS floppies. Can I format disk using boot or fixit floppies ? Thanks Some further info ... From sysinstall, I did Configure -- Fdisk It shows Disk name : ad0 |Disk Geom: 9729 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 156296385 sectors(76316MB) Offset SizeEND Name Ptype DescSubtype Flags 0 63 62- 12 unused 0 63 156296322 156296384 ad0s1 8 freebsd 165 156296385 5103156301487 - 12unused0 hope this helps ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 and bytes are on your hard disk. (It's not an issue of formatting.) Someone 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 plugging your hard drive to the very end IDE connector (not the middle one) and try setting the hard drive jumper configuration to master. This might help. Just an idea. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 and bytes are on your hard disk. (It's not an issue of formatting.) Someone 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 plugging your hard drive to the very end IDE connector (not the middle one) and try setting the hard drive jumper configuration to master. This might help. Just an idea. A couple of other thoughts. In the BIOS settings you can probably set the order of devices it will try to boot from. Set your hard drive as the first device, or at least make sure it's in the list of devices to boot. Once you get the BIOS to recognize your drive and try to boot from it, if it still ain't booting it probably means that you didn't write anything to the hard disk MBR during install. You didn't install a boot manager or a simple boot program into the MBR. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
-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 so BIOS recognises it ? I'm pretty sure this isn't a matter of what bits and bytes are on your hard disk. (It's not an issue of formatting.) Someone 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 plugging your hard drive to the very end IDE connector (not the middle one) and try setting the hard drive jumper configuration to master. This might help. Just an idea. A couple of other thoughts. In the BIOS settings you can probably set the order of devices it will try to boot from. Set your hard drive as the first device, or at least make sure it's in the list of devices to boot. Once you get the BIOS to recognize your drive and try to boot from it, if it still ain't booting it probably means that you didn't write anything to the hard disk MBR during install. You didn't install a boot manager or a simple boot program into the MBR. If you failed to do this it should give an error message about there being no OS - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Tool Developers Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com Free software != Free beer Blog: http://www.flosoft-systems.com/flosoft_systems_community/blogs/aryeh/index.php -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHmmY5Qi2hk2LEXBARAtOqAJsHe4eGBbz6iej5aJqTuIafwoZC7QCdEar7 LN3bwlMTBjWfoGYT4VLZnuQ= =2mT4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 controller, or update firmware. ]Peter[ 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 boot floppies and FTP. There is no CD drive on the PC. When I turn the PC on the BIOS hangs with the message Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip] However, by holding down F4, I was able to boot using the floppies boot.flp , kern1.flp , kern2.flp kern3.flp This detected disk and I selected standard configuration, and the FTP installation all went to plan. I got message saying installation was successful and I added users and set root password. 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 read something about using DOS fdisk , but I haven't got DOS floppies. Can I format disk using boot or fixit floppies ? Thanks Some further info ... From sysinstall, I did Configure -- Fdisk It shows Disk name : ad0 |Disk Geom: 9729 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 156296385 sectors(76316MB) Offset SizeEND Name Ptype DescSubtype Flags 0 63 62- 12 unused 0 63 156296322 156296384 ad0s1 8 freebsd 165 156296385 5103156301487 - 12unused0 hope this helps ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]
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 plugging your hard drive to the very end IDE connector (not the middle one) and try setting the hard drive jumper configuration to master. This might help. Just an idea. Thanks for the suggestions The jumper leads are set to Mater with no slave I have tried using the other IDE conector, but it makes no difference 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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
